The Teenage Cancer Trust - Advocating a model for teenage cancer services

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2688-2693

  Whiteson, Myrna ^a  

^a TEENAGE CANCER TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIENCE; FERTILITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; MODEL; PARENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0344552451     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2003.08.023     Document Type: Article

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