Telemedicine as a tool for sharing competence in paediatric radiotherapy - Implementation and initial experiences from a Swedish project

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 146-152

  Kristensen, Ingrid ^a,c   Lindh, Jack ^b   Nilsson, Per ^c   Agrup, Måns ^d   Bergström, Per ^b   Björk Eriksson, Thomas ^e   Engellau, Jacob ^c   Hjelm Skog, Anna Lena ^f   Malmer, Beatrice ^b   Martinsson, Ulla ^g   Karlsson, Mikael ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TELEMEDICINE;

CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INTERNET; NEOPLASMS; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWEDEN; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 58149094048     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860802409520     Document Type: Letter

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