Multidisciplinary cancer conferences: Exploring the attitudes of cancer care providers and administrators

Journal of Interprofessional Care

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 599-610

  Look Hong, Nicole J ^a   Wright, Frances C ^b   Gagliardi, Anna R ^a   Brown, Patrick ^a   Dobrow, Mark J ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Interprofessional; Multidisciplinary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANADA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN RELATION; MODEL; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SURGEON;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 70449106397     PISSN: 13561820     EISSN: 14699567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13561820902921829     Document Type: Article

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