Exploring how patients await scheduled surgery: Implications for quality of life

In this thesis, I explored the relationship between patient experience of wait time for consultation and scheduled surgery, type of illness (orthopaedic or cardiac), and descriptions of time using qualitative methodology. Thirty two patients awaiting orthopaedic or cardiac surgery were recruited by...

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Other Authors: Teucher, Ulrich
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2013-03-938