Institute of medicine recommendations for improving the quality of cancer care: What do they mean for the general internist?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1404-1409

  Nekhlyudov, Larissa ^a   Wenger, Neil ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNIST; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; POLICY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; SHARED DECISION MAKING; TERMINAL CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907860957     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2931-9     Document Type: Review

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