The process and outcomes of a nurse-led colorectal cancer follow-up clinic

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  McFarlane, K ^a   Dixon, L ^a   Wakeman, C J ^a   Robertson, G M ^a   Eglinton, T W ^a   Frizelle, F A ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Nurse led follow up; Outcome; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISTANT METASTASIS; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE LED COLORECTAL CANCER FOLLOW UP SERVICE; NURSING CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859258864     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2011.02923.x     Document Type: Article

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