Patients with cancer holding their own records: A randomised controlled trial

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 50, Issue 451, 2000, Pages 105-110

  Drury, Mark ^b   Yudkin, Patricia ^c   Harcourt, Jean ^c   Fitzpatrick, Ray ^c   Jones, Lesley ^c   Alcock, Chris ^c   Minton, Michael ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Communication; Patient satisfaction; Patient held records

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033958952     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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