Clinician awareness and knowledge of breast cancer-related lymphedema in a large, integrated health care delivery setting

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1029-1038

  Tam, Emily K ^a   Shen, Ling ^a   Munneke, Julie R ^a   Ackerson, Lynn M ^a   Partee, Paula N ^a   Somkin, Carol P ^a   André, Mary ^b   Kutner, Susan E ^b   Thiadens, Saskia R J ^c   Kwan, Marilyn L ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c National Lymphedema Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Clinical practice patterns; Disease management; Health services; Lymphedema; Nurse clinicians; Physicians; Referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84856231943     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-011-1829-z     Document Type: Article

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