The 6-year attendance of a multidisciplinary prostate cancer clinic in Italy: Incidence of management changes

BJU International

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 998-1003

  Magnani, Tiziana ^a   Valdagni, Riccardo ^a   Salvioni, Roberto ^a   Villa, Sergio ^a   Bellardita, Lara ^a   Donegani, Simona ^a   Nicolai, Nicola ^a   Procopio, Giuseppe ^a   Bedini, Nice ^a   Rancati, Tiziana ^a   Zaffaroni, Nadia ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

interdisciplinary health team; multidisciplinary communication; organisational structure; patient care team; patient centred care; prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; CANCER CENTER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATE TUMOR; STANDARD;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84871675358     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.10970.x     Document Type: Article

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