Radiotherapy staffing in the European countries: Final results from the ESTRO-HERO survey

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 178-186

  Lievens, Yolande ^a   Defourny, Noémie ^b   Coffey, Mary ^c   Borras, Josep M ^d   Dunscombe, Peter ^e   Slotman, Ben ^f   Malicki, Julian ^g   Bogusz, Marta ^h   Gasparotto, Chiara ^b   Grau, Cai ⁱ  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b European SocieTy for Radiotherapy and Oncology   (Belgium)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^h Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Center   (Poland)

ⁱ AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Europe; Radiotherapy; Resources; Staffing

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRIST; EUROPE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PHYSICIST; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TECHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY;

EID: 84910115470     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2014.08.034     Document Type: Article

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