Patient compliance with a health care provider referral for an occupational therapy lymphedema consult

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1781-1787

  Dominick, Sally A ^a   Natarajan, Loki ^a   Pierce, John P ^a   Madanat, Hala ^b   Madlensky, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer survivors; Lymphedema; Occupational therapy; Patient compliance; Physician referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REHABILITATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84902363379     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2145-z     Document Type: Article

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