Cancer patients' perception of information exchange between hospital-based doctors and their general practitioners

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1309-1313

  Spiegel, Wolfgang ^a   Zidek, Thomas ^a   Karlic, Heidrun ^b   Maier, Manfred ^a   Vutuc, Christian ^a   Isak, Karin ^c   Micksche, Michael ^d  

^a Medical University of Vienna and Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c Clinical Psychologist   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

access to information; cancer; communication; doctor patient relations; ethics; primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CANCER PATIENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78650621027     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01333.x     Document Type: Article

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