The relationship between expectations and satisfaction: A qualitative study of patients' experiences of surgery for gynaecological cancer

Health Expectations

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-60

  Haas, Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Evaluation of health care; Expectations; Outcomes; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033024253     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1369-6513.1999.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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