Children's accounts of their preoperative information needs

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 230-238

  Smith, Lucy ^a,c   Callery, Peter ^b  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Information needs; Planned surgery; Preoperative; Preparation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ART; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; ENGLAND; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; WRITING;

EID: 13444301222     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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