Patient satisfaction with a consultation at a cranio-facial pain unit

Community Dental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 69-73

  Murray, Heather ^a   Locker, David ^a   Mock, David ^b   Tenenbaum, Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Facial pain; Outcomes; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN CLINIC; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PAIN CLINICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031154487     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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