Multidisciplinary cancer care in Australia: A national audit highlights gaps in care and medico-legal risk for clinicians

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-40

  Wilcoxon, Heidi ^a   Luxford, Karen ^a   Saunders, Christobel ^b   Peterson, Janice ^a   Zorbas, Helen ^a  

^a National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre Australia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Best practice; Cancer; Medico legal; Multidisciplinary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE; NEOPLASM; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CASE MANAGEMENT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 79951774858     PISSN: 17437555     EISSN: 17437563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-7563.2010.01369.x     Document Type: Article

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