QUEST: Questionnaire relating to patients' understanding and expectations of their symptoms and treatment

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-127

  Bartley, Bruce ^a,b   Cameron, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Patient expectations; Patient perceptions; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EXPECTATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0034125876     PISSN: 14410737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2000.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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