What role does the general practitioner in France play among cancer patients during the initial treatment phase with intravenous chemotherapy? A qualitative study

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 96-102

  Coindard, Guillaume ^a,b   Barrière, Jérôme ^c   Vega, Anne ^b   Patrikidou, Anna ^d   Saldanha Gomes, Cecilia ^a   Arnould, Pascale ^a   Combessie, Philippe ^b   Ourabah, Rissane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b France   (France)

^c CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

^d INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

attitude towards health; doctor patient relationship; General practice; neoplasms; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ONCOLOGIST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REASSURANCE; SCIENTIST; SKILL; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; VERY ELDERLY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS';

EID: 84955063798     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2015.1126821     Document Type: Article

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