Giving a voice to the community: A qualitative study of consumer expectations for the emergency department

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 369-374

  Stuart, Peter John ^a   Parker, Steven ^a   Rogers, Mark ^a  

^a LYELL MCEWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer; Consumer advocacy; Consumer participation; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONSUMER; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNOLOGY; EXPECTATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 0041356931     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2003.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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