The Calman-Hine report: A personal retrospective on the UK's first comprehensive policy on cancer services

Lancet Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 336-346

  Haward, Robert A ^a,b  

^a Northern and Yorkshire Clinical Trials and Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PEER REVIEW; POLITICS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; TESTIS CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICINE; NEOPLASM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEOPLASMS; POLICY MAKING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 33645764656     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(06)70659-3     Document Type: Review

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