Randomized controlled trial of shared care for patients with cancer involving general practitioners and cancer specialists

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 349-355

  Johnson, Claire E ^a   Saunders, Christobel M ^a   Phillips, Michael ^a   Emery, Jon D ^a   Nowak, Anna K ^a   Overheu, Kate ^a   Ward, Alison M ^a   Joske, David J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SPECIALIST; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NEOPLASM; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHARED CARE MODEL; WELLBEING; ONCOLOGY; STANDARDS;

FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY;

EID: 84974578419     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2014.001569     Document Type: Conference Paper

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