The relationship between patients' experiences of continuity of cancer care and health outcomes: A mixed methods study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 529-536

  King, M ^a   Jones, L ^a   Richardson, A ^b   Murad, S ^a   Irving, A ^a   Aslett, H ^a   Ramsay, A ^a   Coelho, H ^a   Andreou, P ^a   Tookman, A ^a   Mason, C ^c   Nazareth, I ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c St Joseph's Hospice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cohort study; Continuity of care; Service delivery; Transitions in care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 38949173882     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604164     Document Type: Article

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