Patient education in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 710-717

  Wei, Henry G ^a,b   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^b,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease management; Emergency medicine; Health education; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034092279     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb02052.x     Document Type: Article

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