Family physicians' perspectives regarding palliative radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-106

  Samant, Rajiv S ^a,b   Fitzgibbon, Edward ^b   Meng, Joanne ^a,b   Graham, Ian D ^b,c  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Family physicians; Palliation; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 31144449287     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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