Are the UK oncology trainees adequately informed about the needs of older people with cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1936-1941

  Kalsi, T ^a,b   Payne, S ^c   Brodie, H ^d   Mansi, J ^a   Wang, Y ^b   Harari, D ^a,b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84878600541     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.204     Document Type: Article

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