Role of diagnosis-specific information sheets in parents’ understanding of emergency department discharge instructions

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 159-162

  Waisman, Yehezkel ^a   Siegal, Neomi ^b   Siegal, Gil ^e   Amir, Lisa ^a,d   Cohen, Herman ^c,d   Mimouni, Marc ^a,d  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Pediatric Ambulatory Center   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Compliance; Education; Emergency department; Information sheets; Medical instruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; STANDARD; TEACHING;

ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 32944464745     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200508000-00003     Document Type: Article

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