Palliative radiotherapy knowledge among community family physicians and nurses

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 156-160

  Berrang, Tanya ^a,b   Samant, Rajiv ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BONE METASTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 49749125527     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08858190802039136     Document Type: Article

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