How well informed are our patients? Results and assessment of the quality of information offered to patients in six Swiss hospitals applying the protocol of the Swiss Society of Surgery;Qualitatskontrolle der patientenaufklarung? Resultate der patientenbefragung uber das aufklarungsprotokoll der schweizerischen gesellschaft fur chirurgie (SGC) in sechs schweizer spitalern

Swiss Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-53

  Kessler, W ^a,g   Faisst, K ^b   Kessler, M ^c   Aeberhard, P ^d   Ammann, J ^e   Biaggi, J ^c   Decurtins, M ^f   Schweizer, W ^c  

^a Kantonales Spital Altstätten   (Switzerland)

^b Inst F Sozial Und P   (Switzerland)

^c Schweizerische Patienten Organisation ^*  (Switzerland)

^d CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^e Kantonsspital Muensterlingen   (Switzerland)

^f CANTONAL HOSPITAL WINTERTHUR   (Switzerland)

^g Chefarzt Klinik für Chirurgie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Informative brochure (protocol) of the Swiss Society of Surgery; Informed consent; Patient's assessment of perioperative information; Preoperative information; Quality management (control) of patient information

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURGERY; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033628398     PISSN: 10239332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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