Engaging referring physicians in the clinical trial process

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Baer, Allison R ^a,b,c,d   Michaels, Margo ^a,b,c,d   Good, Marjorie J ^a,b,c,d   Schapira, Lidia ^a,b,c,d  

^a AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY   (United States)

^b Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER; REFERRING PHYSICIAN; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 84863090775     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2011.000476     Document Type: Short Survey

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