Improving care for AYA patients treated within adult hospitals: What can be done right now?

Cancer Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-25

  Palmer, Susan ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEOPLASM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEER GROUP;

EID: 63649117375     PISSN: 0311306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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