Patients' and nurses' perceptions of the quality of nursing care in Kuwait

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 914-921

  Al Kandari, Fatimah ^a   Ogundeyin, Winifred ^b  

^a Faculty of Dentistry   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Nurses; Nursing process; Patients; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; NURSING PROCESS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; NURSING PROCESS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032058791     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.t01-1-00047.x     Document Type: Article

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