Patient perceptions of regional anesthesia: Influence of gender, recent anesthesia experience, and perioperative concerns

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 332-335

  Dove, Paris ^a,b   Gilmour, Fiona ^b   Weightman, William M ^a,b   Hocking, Graham ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SEDATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; PERIOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 79960003220     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e318217a89b     Document Type: Article

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