Patients' desire for information about anaesthesia: Danish attitudes

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-96

  Bugge, K ^a   Bertelsen, F ^b   Bendtsen, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Danish attitudes; Information; Preoperative; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CATHETER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENMARK; DRUG INFORMATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0031974080     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1998.tb05086.x     Document Type: Article

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