Qualitative investigation of patients' experience of a glaucoma virtual clinic in a specialist ophthalmic hospital in London, UK

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Kotecha, Aachal ^a   Bonstein, Karen ^a   Cable, Richard ^a   Cammack, Jocelyn ^a   Clipston, Jane ^a   Foster, Paul ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; COUNSELING; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPECIALIZATION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TRUST; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPECIALIZATION; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TRUST;

EID: 84960397723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009463     Document Type: Article

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