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Raising the alarm: a cross-sectional study exploring the factors affecting patients' willingness to escalate care on surgical wards.

Johnston MJ, Davis RE, Arora S, King D, Reissis Y, Darzi A. World J Surg. 2015 May 27; [Epub ahead of print].

This cross-sectional study at three London hospitals evaluated factors related to surgical ward patients'willingness to call for help. Although patients were more likely to call a nurse for help, they were more willing to ask for help if encouraged to do so by a doctor rather than a nurse.

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