Cancer knowledge and skills of interns in Australia and New Zealand in 2001: Comparison with 1990, and between course types

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 285-289

  Barton, Michael B ^a   Tattersall, Martin H ^b   Butow, Phyllis N ^b   Crossing, Sally ^c   Jamrozik, Konrad ^d   Jalaludin, Bin ^e   Atkinson, Christopher H ^f   Miles, Sharon E ^a  

^a Liverpool Health Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Cancer Voices NSW   (Australia)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; TEACHING;

EID: 0346665634     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05198.x     Document Type: Article

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