What Do Women Want? Interpretation of the Concept of Cure

Journal of Pelvic Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 273-277

  Robinson, Dudley ^a   Anders, Kate ^a   Cardozo, Linda ^a   Bidmead, John ^a   Dixon, Andrea ^a   Balmforth, James ^a   Rufford, Jane ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incontinence; Outcome; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Symptoms; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MINOR SURGERY; NOCTURIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URETHRA DISEASE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY URGENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0742322775     PISSN: 15425983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.spv.0000095060.05452.3f     Document Type: Article

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