High-quality care for all children with cancer

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1906-1911

  Knops, R R G ^a   Hulscher, M E J L ^b   Hermens, R P M G ^b   Hilbink Smolders, M ^b   Loeffen, J L ^b   Kollen, W J W ^c   Kaspers, G J L ^d   Caron, H N ^a   Kremer, L C M ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Quality improvement; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DELPHI STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84864310748     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdr601     Document Type: Article

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