Patient delay in cancer studies: A discussion of methods and measures

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Andersen, Rikke Sand ^a   Vedsted, Peter ^a   Olesen, Frede ^a   Bro, Flemming ^a   Søndergaard, Jens ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RESEARCH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME;

CULTURE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70450237762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-189     Document Type: Article

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