An extra letter, care gets better? Informing general practitioners about planned surgery for head and neck cancer

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 377-381

  Van Den Brink, Jaap L ^a   Moorman, Peter W ^a   De Boer, Maarten F ^a   Kerrebijn, Jeroen D F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continuity of patient care; Head and neck neoplasms; Interdisciplinary communication

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 15444372040     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2004.00377     Document Type: Review

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