Clinical practice guidelines for cancer care: What are they for?

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 775-776

  Manchon Walsh, Paula ^a   Borràs, Josep M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 73549093818     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-009-0444-5     Document Type: Editorial

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