Head and neck cancer services: Views of patients, their families and professionals

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-102

  Edwards, D ^a,b,c  

^a KING S FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Charter House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEAD CANCER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NECK CANCER; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; RELATIVE; SUPPORT GROUP; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031938132     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-4356(98)90175-9     Document Type: Article

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