Keeping primary care "in the loop": General practitioners want better communication with specialists and hospitals when caring for people diagnosed with cancer

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 152-159

  Lizama, Natalia ^a,b   Johnson, Claire E ^b   Ghosh, Manonita ^b   Garg, Neeraj ^b,c   Emery, Jonathan D ^b,d   Saunders, Christobel ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c IPSWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Delivery of health care; General practitioner; Interprofessional relations; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; AGED; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84928825544     PISSN: 17437555     EISSN: 17437563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajco.12327     Document Type: Article

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