Are primary care providers implementing evidence-based care for breast cancer survivors?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 978-984

  Luctkar Flude, Marian ^a   Aiken, Alice ^a,b   McColl, Mary Ann ^a,c   Tranmer, Joan ^a   Langley, Hugh ^a,d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research   (Canada)

^c School of Rehabilitation Therapy   (Canada)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER SURVIVOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONERS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84947776037     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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