Patient expectations of emergency dental services: A qualitative interview study

British Dental Journal

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 331-334

  Anderson, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; COMMUNITY; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; CHILD; COUNSELING; DENTAL CLINICS; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TOOTHACHE;

EID: 4944246205     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4811652     Document Type: Review

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