'People sometimes react funny if they're not told enough': Women's views about the risks of diagnostic laparoscopy

Health Expectations

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 302-309

  Moore, Jane ^a   Ziebland, Sue ^b   Kennedy, Stephen ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Diagnostic laparoscopy; Pelvic pain; Qualitative interviews; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAPAROSCOPY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMED CONSENT; LAPAROSCOPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC PAIN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036898960     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1369-6513.2002.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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