Coordinating cancer care: Patient and practice management processes among surgeons who treat breast cancer

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-51

  Katz, Steven J ^a   Hawley, Sarah T ^a   Morrow, Monica ^b   Griggs, Jennifer J ^a   Jagsi, Reshma ^a   Hamilton, Ann S ^c   Graff, John J ^d   Friese, Christopher R ^e   Hofer, Timothy P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; SURGEON;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICINE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 73949154920     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181bd49ca     Document Type: Article

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