Follow up after breast cancer: Views of Australian women

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 311-316

  Brennan, Meagan ^a,b   Butow, Phyllis ^c   Spillane, Andrew J ^b,d   Marven, Michelle ^e   Boyle, Fran M ^a,b  

^a Mater Hospital   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Royal North Shore and North Shore Private Hospitals   (Australia)

^e Breast Cancer Network Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; General practitioner; Patient care; Primary health care; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 79959561456     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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