Family physicians' perspectives on practice guidelines related to cancer control

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Zitzelsberger, Louise ^a   Grunfeld, Eva ^b   Graham, Ian D ^a,c  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Cancer Care Nova Scotia   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 11144232922     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-5-25     Document Type: Review

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