Involvement of the family physician in the care of chemotherapy-treated patients with cancer: Patients' perspectives

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 298-305

  Ben Ami, Eytan ^a   Merom, Hadar ^a   Sikron, Fabienne ^a   Livneh, Jessica ^a   Sadetzki, Siegal ^a   Wolf, Ido ^a  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ONCOLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84911862281     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2013.001182     Document Type: Article

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