Family physicians' roles in cancer care. Survey of patients on a provincial cancer registry

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 50, Issue JUNE, 2004, Pages 889-896

  Sisler, Jeffrey J ^a   Brown, Judith Belle ^a   Stewart, Moira ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANECDOTES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES;

EID: 3042620549     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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