Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 70, Issue 1 , Pages 94-101 , January 2008

Medical information delivered to patients: Discrepancies concerning roles as perceived by physicians and nurses set against patient satisfaction

  • Leïla Moret

      Affiliations

    • Inserm, U669, Paris F-75014, France
    • Univ. Paris-sud 11, Le Kremlin Bicêtre F-94000, France
    • Univ. Paris 5, Paris F-75015, France
    • AP-HP, Villejuif F-94804, France
    • Public Health Department, University Hospital of Nantes, Nantes F-44093, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Unité Qualité-Risques-Evaluation, Public Health Department-PIMESP, Hôpital Saint-Jacques, 44093 Nantes Cedex, France. Tel.: +33 2 40 84 69 24; fax: +33 2 40 84 69 21.
    • ,
  • Annie Rochedreux

      Affiliations

    • Palliative Care Unit, University Hospital of Nantes, Nantes F-44093, France
    • ,
  • Stéphanie Chevalier

      Affiliations

    • Direction de la qualité, University Hospital of Nantes, Nantes F-44093, France
    • ,
  • Pierre Lombrail

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Department, University Hospital of Nantes, Nantes F-44093, France
    • ,
  • Isabelle Gasquet

      Affiliations

    • Inserm, U669, Paris F-75014, France
    • Univ. Paris-sud 11, Le Kremlin Bicêtre F-94000, France
    • Univ. Paris 5, Paris F-75015, France
    • AP-HP, Villejuif F-94804, France
    • Direction de la Politique médicale, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Received 23 April 2007 ,Revised 9 August 2007 ,Accepted 23 September 2007.

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PII: S0738-3991(07)00375-8

doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.09.011

Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 70, Issue 1 , Pages 94-101 , January 2008

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