An ethnographic study of knowledge sharing across the boundaries between care processes, services and organisations: the contributions to 'safe' hospital discharge

• Prif Awduron: Justin Waring (Awdur), Fiona Marshall (Awdur), Simon Bishop (Awdur), Opinder Sahota (Awdur), Marion Walker (Awdur), Graeme Currie (Awdur), Rebecca Fisher (Awdur), Tony Avery (Awdur)
• Fformat: Llyfr
• Cyhoeddwyd: National Institute for Health Research, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Pynciau: article
• Mynediad Ar-lein: Connect to this object online.

Background: Hospital discharge is a vulnerable stage in the patient pathway. Research highlights communication failures and the problems of co-ordination as resulting in delayed, poorly timed and unsafe discharges. The complexity of hospital discharge exemplifies the threats to patient safety found...