Patient satisfaction with care by dental therapists

British Dental Journal

Volumn 208, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Sun, N ^a   Burnside, G ^a   Harris, Rebecca ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DELEGATION, PROFESSIONAL; DENTAL AUXILIARIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; DENTISTS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; STATE DENTISTRY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 77949561482     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2010.209     Document Type: Article

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