Patterns of care studies: Creating "An environment of watchful concern"

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 4479-4480

  Earle, Craig C ^a   Emanuel, Ezekiel J ^b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; LUNG TUMOR; NOTE; PATIENT SELECTION;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 1542543438     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2003.09.979     Document Type: Editorial

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