A randomised controlled trial to improve the role of the general practitioner in cancer rehabilitation: Effect on patients' satisfaction with their general practitioners

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Bergholdt, Stinne Holm ^a   Hansen, Dorte Gilså ^a   Larsen, Pia Veldt ^a   Kragstrup, Jakob ^b   Søndergaard, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REHABILITATION; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM CANCER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 84880637645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002726     Document Type: Article

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