Broken bones and fractures - An audit of patients' perceptions

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 663-666

  Kampa, Rebecca J ^a,d   Pang, J ^b   Gleeson, R ^c  

^a FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Break; Communication; Fracture; Leaflet

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BELIEF; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33751103907     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588406X149192     Document Type: Article

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