Waiting for an operation: Parents' perspectives

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-181

  Miller, Grant G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; URBAN POPULATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; URBAN POPULATION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 4344607851     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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