Knowledge and Fears of Anaesthesia and Surgery

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 64-67

  McGaw, C D ^a   Hanna, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; ANXIETY; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0031686671     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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