The use of cancer treatment summaries and care plans among Massachusetts physicians

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1579-1583

  Merport, Anna ^a   Lemon, Stephenie C ^b   Nyambose, Joshua ^c   Prout, Marianne N ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Cancer survivors; Oncologists; Primary care physicians; Public health; Survey; Survivorship care plans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPECIALIZATION; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84863989857     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1458-z     Document Type: Article

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