Cancer survivors' perspectives on delivery of survivorship care by primary care physicians: an internet-based survey

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Nyarko, Ernestina ^a   Metz, James M ^b,c   Nguyen, Giang T ^b,c   Hampshire, Margaret K ^b,c   Jacobs, Linda A ^c   Mao, Jun J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Internet; Perspective; Primary Care; Quality of Care; Race; Survey; Survivor; Trust

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; SURVIVOR;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84944388849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-015-0367-x     Document Type: Article

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