Nurse-led vs. conventional physician-led follow-up for patients with cancer

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 706-723

  Lewis, Ruth ^a   Neal, Richard D ^a   Williams, Nefyn H ^a   France, Barbara ^a   Wilkinson, Clare ^a   Hendry, Maggie ^a   Russell, Daphne ^b   Russell, Ian ^b   Hughes, Dyfrig A ^b   Stuart, Nicholas S A ^b   Weller, David ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cost effectiveness; Follow up; Nurse led care; Physician led care; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NURSING; ONCOLOGY; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 61649121043     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04927.x     Document Type: Article

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