Paper clinics: Managing your nurse-led general and colorectal cancer clinics

Gastrointestinal Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 29-35

  Cuthill, V J ^a   Porrett, T R C ^a  

^a HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Colorectal clinic; Paper clinic; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248569722     PISSN: 14795248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/gasn.2007.5.3.23473     Document Type: Article

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