Are primary care providers prepared to care for survivors of breast cancer in the safety net?

Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1249-1256

  Dawes, Aaron J ^a,b,c   Hemmelgarn, Marian ^d   Nguyen, David K ^a   Sacks, Greg D ^a,c   Clayton, Sheilah M ^e,f   Cope, Jacqueline R ^a,g   Ganz, Patricia A ^a   Maggard Gibbons, Melinda ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^f Jr Multi Service Ambulatory Care Center   (United States)

^g LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; primary care physicians; safety net providers; survivorship

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84926686335     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29201     Document Type: Article

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