German general practitioners' views on their involvement and role in cancer care: A qualitative study

Family Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 209-214

  Dahlhaus, Anne ^a,b   Vanneman, Nicholas ^a   Guethlin, Corina ^a   Behrend, Johanna ^a   Siebenhofer, Andrea ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuity of patient care; Doctor patient relationship; Interdisciplinary communication; Neoplasms; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CARE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; COMORBIDITY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY CARE.;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84897851165     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmt088     Document Type: Article

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