'Two week wait' standards for suspected gynaecological malignancy. On target, but missing the point?

Journal of the British Menopause Society

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 170-172

  Morrison, Joanne ^a   Gillespie, Siobhan ^a   MacKenzie, I Z ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gynecological cancer; Postmenopausal bleeding; Rapid access; Referral guidelines; Uterine curettage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TIME; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 1642554608     PISSN: 13621807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/136218003323010629     Document Type: Article

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