Prioritizing patients for prostatectomy: Balancing clinical and psychosocial factors

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 112-117

  Curtis, Andrea J ^a   Wolfe, Rory ^a   Russell, Colin O H ^a   Costello, Anthony J ^b,c   Travis, Douglas G ^d   Snow, Ross ^e   McNeil, John J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Western Hospital   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elective surgery; Prioritization; Prostatectomy; Waiting list

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; UROLOGY; VIGNETTE;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33846885887     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03988.x     Document Type: Article

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