Patients' experiences of referral for colorectal cancer

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Pascoe, Shane W ^a   Veitch, Craig ^b   Crossland, Lisa J ^c   Beilby, Justin J ^d   Spigelman, Allan ^e   Stubbs, John ^f   Harris, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e ST VINCENT'S CLINIC   (Australia)

^f CanSpeak   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasm; Patients; Qualitative research; Referral and consultation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84883104535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-124     Document Type: Article

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