Waiting times for radiotherapy - A survey of patients' attitudes

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 283-289

  Lehman, Margot ^a   Jacob, Susannah ^b   Delaney, Geoff ^c   Papadatos, George ^c   Jalaludin, Bin ^d   Cail, Stacey ^e   McCourt, Junee ^f   Wright, Suzanne ^g   O'Brien, Chris ^g   Barton, Michael ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Liverpool Health Service   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Patients' attitudes; Trade off technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TIME;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 11144356947     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.01.012     Document Type: Article

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