Primary care and communication in shared cancer care: A qualitative study

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 259-265

  Sada, Yvonne H ^a,b   Street Jr , Richard L ^a,b,c   Singh, Hardeep ^a,b   Shada, Rachel E ^a   Naik, Aanand D ^a,b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CANCER CENTER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL STRESS; ONCOLOGIST; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960205055     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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