Insights into women's experiences of hospital stays: Perceived control, powerlessness and satisfaction

Behaviour Change

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 52-64

  Polimeni, Anne Maree ^a   Moore, Susan ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEIVED CONTROL IN HOSPITAL SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0036437564     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.19.1.52     Document Type: Article

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