Characteristics of chemotherapy practice in rural and remote area health facilities in Queensland

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 138-144

  McCarthy, Alexandra ^a   Hegney, Desley ^a,b   Brown, Leisa ^c   Gilbar, Peter ^b   Brodribb, T Robert ^b   Swales, June ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Toowoomba Health Services   (Australia)

^c Holy Spirit Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BCG VACCINE; BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOFOS; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; INTERFERON; IRINOTECAN; METHOTREXATE; MITOXANTRONE; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL; VINBLASTINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; DRUG LABELING; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG STORAGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SAFETY;

CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; QUEENSLAND; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0141558958     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1584.2003.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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