Accelerated diagnosis and treatment initiation for head and neck cancer patients;Accelererede udrednings- og behandlingsforløb for patienter med hoved-hals-kræft

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Toustrup, Kasper ^a   Lambertsen, Karin ^a   Ulhøi, Benedicte Parm ^a   Sørensen, Leif ^a   Sørensen, Hanne Birke ^a   Grau, Cai ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MOBILIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EARLY AMBULATION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77950473956     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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