The willingness of general practitioners to be involved in the follow-up of adult survivors of childhood cancer

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 292-297

  Blaauwbroek, Ria ^a   Zwart, Nynke ^a   Bouma, Martijn ^a   Meyboom De Jong, Betty ^a   Kamps, Willem A ^a   Postma, Aleida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer survivors; General practitioners; Long term follow up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEOPLASM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; CHILD; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 36749073909     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-007-0032-z     Document Type: Article

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