Pre-admission clinics in ENT: A national audit of UK practice and opinion

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 357-360

  El Naggar, Mohammed ^a   Welsh, Andrée ^a   Dickenson, Andrew J ^a   Flood, Liam M ^a   Gibb, John G ^a  

^a North Riding Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinic, pre admission; Surgery, otorhinolaryngological

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; OPERATING ROOM; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030956816     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100137302     Document Type: Article

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