Caring for cancer patients in the future: A perfect storm on the horizon?

Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2010, Pages

  Bodurka, Diane C ^a   Huang, Marilyn ^a   Sun, Charlotte C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

EID: 79551705652     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: 08909091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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