Nonreferral of Nursing Home Patients With Suspected Breast Cancer

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 464-469

  Hamaker, Marije E ^a,b   Hamelinck, Victoria C ^c   van Munster, Barbara C ^a,d   Bastiaannet, Esther ^c   Smorenburg, Carolien H ^e   Achterberg, Wilco P ^c   Liefers, Gerrit Jan ^c   de Rooij, Sophia E ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^e Medical Centre Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dementia; Nursing home; Referral

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE PHYSICIAN; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN;

EID: 84861657407     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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