What should doctors know about cancer? Undergraduate medical education from a societal perspective

Lancet Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 596-601

  Barton, Michael B ^a   Bell, Pamela ^b   Sabesan, Sabe ^c   Koczwara, Bogda ^d  

^a Liverpool Health Service   (Australia)

^b Breast Cancer Network Australia   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RURAL AREA; SOCIETY; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 33745253942     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(06)70760-4     Document Type: Note

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