International Emergency Nursing
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 223-232 , October 2008

Different patient groups request different emergency care – A survey in a Swedish emergency department

  • Åsa M.-Y. Muntlin, RN, MSc, PhD (Student)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden
    • University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala Science Park, SE-751 83 Uppsala, Sweden. Tel.: +46 (0) 18 471 00 00; fax: +46 (0) 18 471 34 90.
    • ,
  • Lena A.-C. Gunningberg, RN, PhD (Senior Lecturer, Leader of Nursing Research and Development Surgery Division)

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
    • Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden
    • ,
  • Marianne A. Carlsson, PhD (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden

Received 25 March 2008 ,Revised 12 July 2008 ,Accepted 16 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2008.07.006

International Emergency Nursing
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 223-232 , October 2008

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