Cataract surgery and consent: Recall, anxiety, and attitude toward trainee surgeons preoperatively and postoperatively

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1479-1485

  Vallance, James H ^a,b   Ahmed, Mehra ^a   Dhillon, Baljean ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARGARET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; RISK; SURGEON; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 3042648989     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.11.050     Document Type: Article

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