title: Quality and patients' expectations of a surgical admission: a Welsh perspective.
abstract: The authors report a study undertaken to identify the expectations of patients before a surgical admission. Respondents experienced difficulty in articulating their expectations of surgery. Interviewees believed that the level of information available before admission was unsatisfactory.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Care Research, North East Wales Institute for Higher Education, North Wales, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lyne
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000592:standards*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014852:Wales