Secondary-primary care communication: Impressions of the quality of consultant communication with specific regard to cancer patients

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-28

  Tanner, Gregory ^a   Myers, Patrick ^b  

^a Sedgemoor Primary Care Research Group   (Italy)

^b TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; communication; primary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84968596380     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1463423602pc085oa     Document Type: Article

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