Patient anxiety and conscious surgery

Journal of Perioperative Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 168-173

  Mitchell, Mark ^a  

^a Seacole Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Conscious; Day surgery; Local anaesthesia; Nursing; Regional anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURGERY;

ANXIETY; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; PATIENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 69249222826     PISSN: 17504589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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