The impact of providing an oncoplastic service on the workload of a specialist breast unit

Breast Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 371-376

  Odofin, Olubunmi ^a   Harris, Kevin ^b   Paramanathan, Nirmala ^a   Laws, Siobhan ^a   Rainsbury, Richard ^a  

^a ROYAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breast services; oncoplastic Service; workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SKILL; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPECIALIZATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79960390998     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2011.01097.x     Document Type: Article

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