Paradoxes of follow-up - Health professionals' views on follow-up after surgical treatment in gynecological cancer

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 194-199

  Dahl, Lotte ^a   Witrup, Inge ^b   Petersen, Lone Kjeld ^a   Blakaer, Jan ^a   Vægemose, Ula ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Central Denmark Region ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; WORK EXPERIENCE; AGED; CANCER STAGING; DENMARK; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MORTALITY; ONCOLOGY; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATHOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84921788470     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2014.935475     Document Type: Article

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