Setting priorities for improving the preoperative assessment clinic: The patients' and the professionals' perspective

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 322-326

  Edward, G M ^a   De Haes, J C J M ^a   Oort, F J ^a   Lemaire, L C ^a   Hollmann, M W ^a   Preckel, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, audit; Assessment, preanaesthetic; Research, anaesthesia; Screening; Surgery, preoperative period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 40949116328     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem393     Document Type: Article

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