Patients' views of routine hospital follow-up: A qualitative study of women with breast cancer in remission

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 436-439

  Adewuyi Dalton, Ruth ^a   Ziebland, Sue ^a   Grunfeld, Eva ^b   Hall, Angela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 0031757325     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(1998090)7:5<436::AID-PON319>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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