Barriers to palliative radiotherapy referral: A Canadian perspective

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 659-663

  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

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANADA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RADIOLOGIST; TIME; UNCERTAINTY; URBAN AREA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 34250303823     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860600979005     Document Type: Article

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