Defining quality, disseminating evidence, and enforcing guidelines for cancer treatment

Virtual Mentor

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 713-717

  LeBlanc, Thomas W ^a   Abernethy, Amy P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84897360960     PISSN: 19377010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.8.oped1-1308     Document Type: Article

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