Constructing information booklets for day-case patients

Ambulatory Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-45

  Mitchell, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Booklet design; Day surgery; Empowerment; Levels of information disclosure

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANXIETY; INFORMATION; LITERATURE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; REVIEW; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0035150911     PISSN: 09666532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6532(00)00078-0     Document Type: Article

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