Copying GP letters to patients: A comprehensive study across four different departments in a district general hospital

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-62

  Lepping, Peter ^a   Paravastu, Sharath C V ^b   Turner, Jim ^b   Billings, Peter ^b   Minchom, Philip ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WREXHAM MAELOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinics; Letters; Outpatients

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; STATISTICS; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; COPYING PROCESSES; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCESS TO RECORDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953601555     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458209349814     Document Type: Article

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