Patient satisfaction in radiation oncology

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 455-462

  Zissiadis, Y ^a,b   Provis, A ^a   Harper, E ^a   Kearney, E ^a   McDonald, L ^a   Dhaliwal, S ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Perth Radiation Oncology Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Information satisfaction; Patient education; Radiotherapy; Written information

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY;

EID: 33748646777     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01601.x     Document Type: Article

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