Audit of a one-stop breast clinic-revisited

Breast Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 191-194

  Chan, Shirley Y Y ^a   Berry, M G ^a   Engledow, Alec H ^a   Perry, Nicholas M ^a   Wells, Clive A ^a   Carpenter, Robert ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast disease; Clinical audit; One stop clinic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; DECISION TREE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST DISEASES; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0034564334     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02967459     Document Type: Article

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