Regional variation in identified cancer care needs of early-career oncologists in China, India, and Pakistan

Oncologist

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 532-538

  Lyerly, H Kim ^a,h   Fawzy, Maria R ^j   Aziz, Zeba ^b   Nair, Reena ⁱ   Pramesh, C S ^c   Parmar, Vani ^c   Parikh, Purvish M ^g   Jamal, Rozmin ^d   Irumnaz, Azizunissa ^d   Ren, Jun ^e   Stockler, Martin R ^f   Abernethy, Amy P ^a,k  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALLAMA IQBAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^c TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g Asian Institute of Oncology   (India)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ Tata Medical Centre   (India)

^j RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^k FLATIRON HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

Barriers; Cancer care; Developing nations; Global health; Healthcare infrastructure; Professional education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; CHINA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGIST; PAKISTAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY;

CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; NEOPLASMS; PAKISTAN; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84929073835     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2014-0213     Document Type: Article

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