Nurses' views about tuberculosis patients' discharge plan at Moses Kotane in the North-West Province.
The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the opinions of nurses working with tuberculosis (TB) patients regarding hospital discharge plans at Moses Kotane in North-West, South Africa. METHOD: A qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study was conducted with these nurses. The populatio...
| Publicado en: | Curationis Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 59 - 68 |
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African Online Scientific Information System PTY LTD
Mar2008
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