What does satisfaction with wait times mean to cancer patients?

BMC Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mathews, Maria ^a   Ryan, Dana ^a   Bulman, Donna ^b  

^a Health Sciences Centre St John's   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Patient experiences; Patient centered care; Satisfaction; Wait times

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT; CANCER PATIENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COOPERATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ADULT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84951753049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-2041-z     Document Type: Article

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