Specialist multidisciplinary team working in the treatment of cancer

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7856, 2012, Pages

  Brown, Gina ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERHOSPITAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM WORKING; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TEAMWORK; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84860907529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e2780     Document Type: Editorial

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