Using nurse navigation to improve timeliness of lung cancer care at a veterans hospital

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-36

  Hunnibell, Laura S ^a   Rose, Michal G ^a   Connery, Donna M ^a   Grens, Clarice E ^a   Hampel, Judith M ^a   Rosa, Mirta ^a   Vogel, Donna C ^a  

^a The Connecticut Veterans Affairs Healthcare System in West Haven   (United States)

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EID: 84856649934     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/12.CJON.29-36     Document Type: Article

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