Contributors to surgical in-patient satisfaction-development and reliability of a targeted instrument

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 143-150

  Cheung, C S K ^a   Bower, W F ^a,b   Kwok, S C B ^b   Van Hasselt, C A ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Focus group; Patient report; Patient satisfaction; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349269884     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: 02193108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60385-7     Document Type: Article

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