Awareness and use of the Rapid Palliative Radiotherapy Program by family physicians in Eastern Ontario: A survey

Current Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Fitzgibbon, Edward J ^a,b   Samant, R ^b   Meng, J ^b   Graham, I D ^a  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Awareness; Effectiveness; Family physician; Palliative radiotherapy; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANADA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; SYMPTOM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 41849088876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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