Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 210-215 , July 2010

Developing discharge practice through education: Module development, delivery and outcomes

  • Liz Lees

      Affiliations

    • Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B9 5SS, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 0121 424 1462, mobile: 07890 687781.
  • ,
  • Denise Price

      Affiliations

    • South Birmingham Primary Care Trust, Trust Headquarters, Moseley Hall Hospital, Alcester Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8JL, United Kingdom
    • Tel.: +44 0121 442 5600.
  • ,
  • Amanda Andrews

      Affiliations

    • Birmingham City University, Department of Community Health and Social Work, United Kingdom
    • Tel.: +44 0121 331 7114.

,Accepted 30 August 2009.

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PII: S1471-5953(09)00150-4

doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2009.08.008

Nurse Education in Practice
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 210-215 , July 2010