The European patient advocacy perspective on specialist breast units and accreditation

Breast

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 287-289

  Knox, Susan ^a  

^a Europa Donna: the European Breast Cancer Coalition   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Best practice; Breast cancer advocacy; Multidisciplinary team; Quality assurance; Specialist breast units

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EUROPEAN; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CENTER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDS;

ACCREDITATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84937632635     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2015.01.013     Document Type: Article

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