Differences between primary care physicians' and oncologists' knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the care of cancer survivors

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1403-1410

  Potosky, Arnold L ^a   Han, Paul K J ^b   Rowland, Julia ^c   Klabunde, Carrie N ^c   Smith, Tenbroeck ^d   Aziz, Noreen ^e   Earle, Craig ^f   Ayanian, John Z ^g   Ganz, Patricia A ^h   Stefanek, Michael ⁱ  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer care; cancer survivorship; physician attitudes; physician survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 83655201442     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1808-4     Document Type: Article

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