Communication with referring physicians in a palliative radiotherapy clinic

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 669-673

  Barnes, Elizabeth A ^a   Chow, Edward ^a   Andersson, Lou ^a   Hayter, Charles ^a   Loblaw, Andrew ^a   Lee, David ^b   Holden, Lori ^a   Chan, Grace ^a   Danjoux, Cyril ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Palliative care; Physician communication; Radiotherapy; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 4644222911     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-004-0643-0     Document Type: Review

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