How accurate is patients' anatomical knowledge: A cross-sectional, questionnaire study of six patient groups and a general public sample

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Weinman, John ^a   Yusuf, Gibran ^a   Berks, Robert ^a   Rayner, Sam ^a   Petrie, Keith J ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ORGAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANATOMY; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 67651174727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-43     Document Type: Article

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