Shared care in the follow-up of early-stage melanoma: A qualitative study of Australian melanoma clinicians' perspectives and models of care

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Rychetnik, Lucie ^a   Morton, Rachael L ^a   McCaffery, Kirsten ^a   Thompson, John F ^b,c,d,e   Menzies, Scott W ^b,e   Irwig, Les ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Mater Hospital   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Follow up; Melanoma; Models of care; Shared care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COOPERATION; DERMATOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MELANOMA; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SKIN TUMOR; SURVIVOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DERMATOLOGY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871170046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-468     Document Type: Article

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