Results of a Quantitative Survey to Explore Both Perceptions of the Purposes of Follow-up and Preferences for Methods of Follow-up Delivery Among Service Users, Primary Care Practitioners and Specialist Clinicians after Cancer Treatment

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 874-884

  Frew, G ^a   Smith, A ^a   Zutshi, B ^a   Young, N ^a   Aggarwal, A ^b   Jones, P ^a   Kockelbergh, R ^a   Richards, M ^c   Maher, E J ^a  

^a Cancer Improvement NHS Improvement (formally Cancer Services Collaborative Improvement Partnership)   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delivery; Follow up; Organisational Change; Primary Care; Service Improvement; Survey; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; CONSENSUS; CONSULTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 78149495224     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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