External audit of clinical practice and medical decision making in a new Asian oncology center: Results and implications for both developing and developed nations

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 941-947

  Shakespeare, Thomas P ^a,b,c,d   Back, Michael F ^b   Lu, Jiade J ^b   Lee, Khai Mun ^b   Mukherjee, Rahul K ^b  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE NSW   (Australia)

^b Cancer Institute   (Singapore)

^c PRIMER Collaboration   (Australia)

^d North Coast Cancer Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit; Competency; Continuing medical education; Maintenance of certification; Radiation oncology; Recertification; Revalidation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

AUDIT; COMPETENCY; CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION; MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RECERTIFICATION; REVALIDATION;

ONCOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ACCREDITATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CERTIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; SINGAPORE;

EID: 31844441044     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.08.027     Document Type: Article

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