Improving Multidisciplinary Cancer Conferences: A Population-Based Intervention

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-21

  Brar, Savtaj S ^a   Provvidenza, Christine ^b   Hunter, Amber ^b   Victor, J Charles ^c   Irish, Jonathan C ^b,d   McLeod, Robin S ^a,b   Wright, Frances C ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTIDISCIPLINARY CANCER CONFERENCE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REMUNERATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VIDEOCONFERENCING; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERVENTION STUDY; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION; REVIEW;

CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84906921615     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-013-3296-8     Document Type: Article

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