Patients view of the anaesthetist in a developing country

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 4-7

  Khan, Fauzia A ^a   Hassan, Shakir ^a   Zaidi, Asif ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032605388     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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