Patients' and healthcare professionals' views of cancer follow-up: Systematic review

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 564, 2009, Pages 533-540

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

^a North Wales Clinical School   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Long term care; Neoplasms; Oncologic nursing; Outpatients; Primary health care; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEOPLASM; NURSING CARE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650812080     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp09X453576     Document Type: Review

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