Development and testing of a visit-specific patient satisfaction questionnaire: The Princess Margaret Hospital satisfaction with doctor questionnaire

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1931-1938

  Loblaw, D Andrew ^a   Bezjak, Andrea ^a   Bunston, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0033000547     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/jco.1999.17.6.1931     Document Type: Article

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