To excise or not to excise? Should GPs remove possible melanomas?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 583, 2011, Pages 87-88

  Purdy, Sarah ^a   De Berker, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MELANOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; NOTE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SKIN TUMOR;

GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79957520239     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp11X556164     Document Type: Editorial

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