Primary care physicians' involvement in the cancer care of older long-term survivors

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 673-686

  Bowman, Karen F ^a,b   Rose, Julia H ^a,b   Deimling, Gary T ^a   Kypriotakis, George ^a,b,c   O'Toole, Elizabeth E ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer care; long term survivorship; older survivors; primary care physicians

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROSTATE TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77954348113     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264310373501     Document Type: Article

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