Written advice can provide a safe and acceptable alternative to new patient assessment for selected referrals to haematologists

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-12

  Ganly, Peter S ^a,b   Keeman, Helen ^b   Spearing, Ruth L ^a   Smith, Mark P ^a   Patton, Nigel ^c   Merriman, Eileen G ^a   Gibbons, Steve S ^a  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; THERAPY DELAY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUNSELING; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; WRITING;

CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; COUNSELING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 42149115177     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01495.x     Document Type: Article

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