Gynaecological cancer services: Time for change

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-126

  Kitchener, H C ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY;

EID: 0031043076     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11030.x     Document Type: Note

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