Cancer care coordinator: Promoting multidisciplinary care-A pilot study in Australian general practice

Collegian

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-73

  Jiwa, Moyez ^a   Longman, Glenys ^b   Sriram, Deepa ^a   Sherriff, Jill ^a   Briffa, Kathy ^a   Musiello, Toni ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Follow up; General practice; Multidisciplinary team; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84875254263     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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