General practitioners' perceptions of their role in cancer follow-up care: A qualitative study in the Netherlands

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-24

  Geelen, Els ^a   Krumeich, Anja ^a   Schellevis, Francois G ^b   Van Den Akker, Marjan ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer follow up care; Cancer survivor; General practitioner; Logic of practice; Pivotal role

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER FOLLOW UP CARE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORKER;

AFTERCARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84895428654     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2013.805408     Document Type: Article

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