Completion of the audit cycle: Standardised nurse-led information for patients

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 937, 2003, Pages 652-654

  Sharma, R A ^a   Furber, L ^a   Granger, L D ^a   Archdeacon, C ^b   Thomas, G ^a   Symonds, R P ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 0348140992     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.79.937.652     Document Type: Article

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