Current understanding of the patient's attitude toward the anesthetist's role and practice in Israel: Effect of the patient's experience

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 451-454

  Calman, Liviu M ^a,b   Mihalache, Adrian ^a,b   Evron, Shmuel ^a,c   Ezri, Tiberiu ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ASSUTA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Patient satisfaction; Preoperative visit

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

EID: 0344925565     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(03)00111-9     Document Type: Article

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