Building an ethical environment improves patient privacy and satisfaction in the crowded emergency department: A quasi-experimental study

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lin, Yen Ko ^a   Lee, Wei Che ^a   Kuo, Liang Chi ^a   Cheng, Yuan Chia ^a   Lin, Chia Ju ^b   Lin, Hsing Lin ^a   Chen, Chao Wen ^a   Lin, Tsung Ying ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Emergency Department; Ethical environment; Privacy; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROWDING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ETHICS CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84873977033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-14-8     Document Type: Article

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