Follow-up in head and neck cancer: Patients' perspective

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-149

  Trinidade, Aaron ^a   Kothari, Prasad ^a   Andreou, Zenon ^a   Hewitt, Richard J D ^b   O'Flynn, Paul ^b  

^a LUTON AND DUNSTABLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Head neck cancer follow up; Long term care; Patient care; Patient perspective

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONDON; LONG-TERM CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 84856398693     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526861211198308     Document Type: Article

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