Anaesthesia and perioperative care in remote health camps: Patients' concerns

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 195-198

  Bhattarai, Balkrishna ^a   Ghimire, A ^a   Baral, B K ^a   Shrestha, A ^a   Dhungana, Y ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Concerns; Expectations; Perioperative care; Surgical camps

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; CHILD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84856366114     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31729/jnma.87     Document Type: Article

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