Patient empowerment within a coronary care unit: Insights for health professionals drawn from a patient satisfaction survey

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-90

  Lewin, David ^a   Piper, Stewart ^a  

^a PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary care; Patient empowerment; Survey research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; CORONARY CARE UNITS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33847393247     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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