Toward a theory of patient satisfaction

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1982, Pages 577-582

  Linder Pelz, Susie ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT SURVEY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HUMAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0020067673     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(82)90311-2     Document Type: Article

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