Family physician involvement in cancer care follow-up: The experience of a cohort of patients with lung cancer

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 526-532

  Aubin, Michèle ^a,b,c   Vézina, Lucie ^b   Verreault, René ^a,b   Fillion, Lise ^b,c   Hudon, Éveline ^d   Lehmann, François ^d   Leduc, Yvan ^b   Bergeron, Rénald ^b   Reinharz, Daniel ^b   Morin, Diane ^b  

^a Research Unit of the Quebec Center of Excellence on Aging   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Maison Michel Sarrazin Research Team in Palliative Care   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Cancer follow up; Collaboration; Continuity of care; Family physicians; Multidisciplinary communication; Patient care; Patient care team; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78449281732     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1171     Document Type: Article

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