Clinical experience of cancer specialists and geriatricians involved in cancer care of older patients: A qualitative study

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-96

  Puts, M T E ^a,b   Girre, V ^c,d   Monette, J ^a,c   Wolfson, C ^b,e   Monette, M ^a   Batist, G ^f   Bergman, H ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cancer in the elderly; Clinical experience; Decision making; Grounded theory; Physicians; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRICS; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 77950340159     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2009.04.005     Document Type: Review

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