Primary care and care for chronic cancer patients in Europe: Position paper of the European Forum for Primary Care

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 431-443

  Pavlič, Danica Rotar ^a   De Graaf, Pim ^b   Buntinx, Frank ^b,c   Lionis, Christos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b European Forum for Primary Care ^*

^c Department of Pediatrics   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE;

AGING; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; COMORBIDITY; EUROPE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF CARE;

EID: 75149196363     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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