Implementing the 2-week wait rule for cancer referral in the UK: General practitioners' views and practices

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-87

  Dodds, W ^a   Morgan, M ^a   Wolfe, C ^a   Raju, K S ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Delay; Primary care; Referral; Targets

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEAD CANCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NECK CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SKIN CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

EID: 1342324014     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2004.00447.x     Document Type: Review

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