Patient decision making in prehospital health emergencies: Determinants and predictors of patient delay

Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Morgans, Amee E ^a   Archer, Frank ^a   Allen, Felicity C L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Behaviour; Decision making; Emergency medicine; Patient delay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; COPING RESPONSE INVENTORY; DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; THERAPY DELAY;

EID: 56449093891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14474999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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