Patients' and doctors' attitudes to amount of information given after unintended injury during treatment: Cross sectional, questionnaire survey

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7184, 1999, Pages 640-641

  Hingorani, Melanie ^a   Wong, Tina ^a   Vafidis, Gilli ^a  

^a CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0033528454     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7184.640     Document Type: Article

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