Emergency department discharge instructions comprehension and compliance study

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-11

  Clarke, Collin ^a   Friedman, Steven Marc ^b,c,d   Shi, Kevin ^c   Arenovich, Tamara ^b   Monzon, Jose ^a   Culligan, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compliance; Comprehension; Discharge; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 28044434405     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500012860     Document Type: Article

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