Cancer care: What role for the general practitioner?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 59-60

  Weller, David P ^a   Harris, Mark F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 49749130432     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01915.x     Document Type: Editorial

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