Patients' views about cardiac report cards: Better late than never, but do i really want to know?

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 949-950

  Kluge, Eike Henner W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPETENCE; EDITORIAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CARDIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 27744532872     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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