title: It's good to talk.
abstract: Can we get a move on, sister?' the patient asked anxiously. She had come for a preoperative assessment, a lengthy process involving several stages. 'I have to catch the bus back to Little Widdling-on-the-Marsh at three o'clock and there's only one a week. If I miss it, I'm done for.'
authors.affiliation: Hampshire.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D006113:United Kingdom