Measuring performance in skin cancer practice: The SCARD initiative

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-51

  Rosendahl, Cliff ^a   Hansen, Craig ^a   Cameron, Alan ^a   Bourne, Peter ^b   Wilson, Tobias ^b   Cook, Ben ^b   Baker, Martin ^b   Keir, Jeff ^b   Dicker, Tony ^a   Reid, Mike ^b   Williamson, Richard ^c   Weedon, David ^d   Soyer, H Peter ^a   Youl, Philippa H ^e   Wilkinson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b The Skin Cancer College of Australia and New Zealand   (Australia)

^c SULLIVAN NICOLAIDES PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^d BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA BASE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATOACANTHOMA; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MELANOMA; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEVUS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORMANCE; PIGMENTED PURPURIC LICHENOID DERMATITIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CANCER AUDIT AND RESEARCH DATABASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOACANTHOMA; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650531063     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04608.x     Document Type: Article

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