Can subspecialty cancer consultations be delivered to communities using modern technology? - A pilot study

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 608-615

  Weinerman, Brian ^a   Duyf, Johanna Den ^a   Hughes, Anne ^a   Robertson, Sarah ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREAS; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEO CONFERENCING;

CO-MORBID CONDITIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL (GI); MEDICAL ONCOLOGY;

TUMORS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; VIDEOCONFERENCING; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 27744542352     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2005.11.608     Document Type: Article

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