Comparison of recommendations for radiotherapy from two contemporaneous thoracic multidisciplinary meeting formats: Co-located and video conference

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1213-1218

  Stevens, G ^a,c   Loh, J ^a   Kolbe, J ^b,c   Stevens, W ^c,d   Elder, C ^a  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d Northern Cancer Network   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Multidisciplinary meeting; Radiation oncology; Rural medicine; Video conferencing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; THORACIC MULTIDISCIPLINARY MEETING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; URBAN AREA; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

ADULT; AGED; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEMEDICINE; THORACIC SURGERY; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 84869745338     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02817.x     Document Type: Article

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