A rural/urban comparison of the roles of the general practitioner in colorectal cancer management

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 376-382

  Hanks, Heather ^a,c   Veitch, P Craig ^b   Harris, Mark F ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c IMB 71 Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rural general practice; Rural general practitioner; Rural oncology; Rural palliative care; Rural remote service

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COUNSELING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUEENSLAND; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 56349167610     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2008.01019.x     Document Type: Article

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