Patients report improvements in continuity of care when quality of life assessments are used routinely in oncology practice: Secondary outcomes of a randomised controlled trial

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2381-2388

  Velikova, Galina ^a   Keding, Ada ^a   Harley, Clare ^a   Cocks, Kim ^a   Booth, Laura ^a   Smith, Adam B ^a   Wright, Penny ^a   Selby, Peter J ^a   Brown, Julia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Continuity of care; Health related quality of life; Oncology; Patient reported outcomes

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77955926356     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.04.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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