Impact of the '2 week wait' directive for suspected cancer on service provision in a symptomatic breast clinic

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1082-1086

  Cant, P J ^a   Yu, D S L ^a  

^a Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STATE MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0033941463     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2000.01551.x     Document Type: Article

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