Quality of care in surgical oncology

Cancer Control

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-311

  Matula, Sierra R ^a   Mercado, Cheryl ^a   Ko, Clifford Y ^a   Tomlinson, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; REVIEW; SKILL;

EID: 70349950607     PISSN: 10732748     EISSN: 15262359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107327480901600404     Document Type: Review

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