The impact of patient expectations on outcome following treatment for spinal trauma: Part 1: What are spine surgeons telling their patients?

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1807-1811

  Davidson, Darin ^a,b   Noonan, Vanessa K ^a,b   Dvorak, Marcel F ^a,b   Zhang, Hongbin ^a,b   Fisher, Charles G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Division of Spine   (Canada)

Author keywords

patient expectations; patient outcome; spine trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY; SURGEON; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956397294     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c15b5d     Document Type: Article

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