Sharing knowledge is the key to success in a patient-physician relationship: How to produce a patient information leaflet on COPD

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 50-54

  Scala, Daniela ^a   Cozzolino, S ^a   D'Amato, G ^a   Cocco, G ^a   Sena, A ^a   Martucci, P ^a   Ferraro, E ^a   Mancini, A A ^a  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Evaluation study; Pamphlet; Patient education; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ITALY; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 51749110205     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2008.395     Document Type: Article

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