What do consumers see as important in the continuity of their care?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2637-2642

  Barnet, Megan ^a   Shaw, Tim ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer opinion; Continuity of care; Informational continuity; Integrated cancer care; Management continuity; Patient perspective; Relational continuity

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; VICTORIA;

EID: 84881255592     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1889-1     Document Type: Review

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