Multidisciplinary care in cancer: Do the current research outputs help?

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 434-441

  Carey, M ^a,b,d,f   Sanson Fisher, R ^b   Lotfi Jam, K ^c   Schofield, P ^d   Aranda, S ^e  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre ^*  (Australia)

^f PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Interdisciplinary communications; Multidisciplinary care; Patient care; Patient care team

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH; REVIEW; STANDARD;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH;

EID: 77954809136     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2009.01105.x     Document Type: Review

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