Admission decision-making in hospital emergency departments: the role of the accompanying person

In resource-stretched emergency departments, people accompanying patients play key roles in patients’ care. This article presents analysis of the ways health professionals and accompanying persons talked about admission decisions and caring roles. The authors used an ethnographic case study design i...

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Main Authors: Rance, S, Westlake, D, Brant, H, Holme, I, Endacott, R, Pinkney, J, Byng, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2020