Debating the oncologist's role in defining the value of cancer care: Our duty is to our patients

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 36, 2014, Pages 4039-4041

  Sulmasy, Daniel ^a   Moy, Beverly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CAPECITABINE;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE;

EID: 84919769081     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2014.57.8716     Document Type: Note

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