Physician referral patterns to a breast cancer support program

Cancer Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 169-175

  Fernandez, Barbara M ^a,d   Crane, Lori A ^a   Baxter, Judith ^a   Gallagher, Kaia ^b   McClung, Melissa W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Center for Research Strategies LLC   (United States)

^c DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Physician patient relations; Program evaluation; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURGEON;

EID: 0034937458     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.2001.94004.x     Document Type: Article

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