A telephone survey of day-surgery eye patients

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 355-363

  Law, Mei Lin ^a,b,c  

^a HAROLD WOOD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; DAY CARE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; DATA COLLECTION; DAY CARE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING AUDIT; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0031065591     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.1997025355.x     Document Type: Article

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