Patient, primary care physician and specialist expectations of primary care physician involvement in cancer care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-15

  Aubin, Michèle ^a,b,c   Vézina, Lucie ^b   Verreault, René ^a,b   Fillion, Lise ^b,c   Hudon, Éveline ^d   Lehmann, François ^d   Leduc, Yvan ^b   Bergeron, Rénald ^b   Reinharz, Daniel ^b   Morin, Diane ^b,e  

^a Research Unit   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Maison Michel Sarrazin Research Team in Palliative Care   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e Institut Universitaire de Formation et de Recherche en Soins IUFRS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cancer; cancer care follow up; health care delivery; practice patterns; primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CARE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CARE AND CARING; EMOTIONAL SUPPORT; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84856739010     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1777-7     Document Type: Article

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