Patients' recall of clinical information following laparoscopy for acute abdominal pain

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 485-488

  Murphy, S M ^a   Donnelly, M ^a   Fitzgerald, T ^b   Tanner, W A ^a   Keane, F B V ^a   Tierney, S ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1842834168     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4460     Document Type: Article

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