Presence of family member during upper endoscopy: What do patients and escorts think?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 272-274

  Shapira, Micha ^a   Tamir, Ada ^b  

^a Poriya Hospital   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Escort; Esophageal gastroduodenoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ESCORT SERVICE;

EID: 0030047524     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199606000-00006     Document Type: Article

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