title: Integrated continence services.
abstract: Nurses have an important role in continence promotion. Deborah Rigby argues that effective continence care should be multidisciplinary and seamless, from the patient's home through primary care and local community services to secondary hospital services.
authors.affiliation: Mendip Primary Care Trust, St Martin's Hospital, Bath. continence@mendip-pct.nhs.uk
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authors.lastname: Rigby
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D003191:Comprehensive Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*