The impact of a new acute oncology service in acute hospitals: Experience from the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre and Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Network

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 565-659

  Neville Webbe, H L ^a   Carser, J E ^a   Wong, H ^a   Andrews, J ^a   Poulter, T ^a   Smith, R ^a   Marshall, E ^a  

^a CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; EMERGENCY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; WORKLOAD;

GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84890949904     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.13-6-565     Document Type: Article

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