Patient satisfaction with doctor-patient interaction in a radiotherapy centre during the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 304-311

  Tang, Johann I ^a   Shakespeare, T P ^a,b   Zhang, X J ^a   Lu, J J ^a   Liang, S ^c   Wynne, C J ^a   Mukherjee, R K ^a,b   Back, M F ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Doctor patient interaction; Patient satisfaction; Radiotherapy; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MEDICINE DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE;

EID: 23244440697     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2005.01467.x     Document Type: Article

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