Beyond the bush telegraph: Telehealth for remote cancer control and support

Cancer Forum

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 77-80

  Olver, Ian ^a   Shepherd, Louise ^b   Selva Nayagam, Sid ^c  

^a CANCER COUNCIL AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; RURAL AREA; TELEHEALTH; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE; TELERADIOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 34447529236     PISSN: 0311306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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