Increasing global access to cancer care: models of care with non-oncologists as primary providers

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1000-1002

  Rubagumya, Fidel ^a   Greenberg, Lauren ^b   Manirakiza, Achille ^a   DeBoer, Rebecca ^c   Park, Paul H ^b   Mpunga, Tharcisse ^d   Shulman, Lawrence N ^e  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Rwanda Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER THERAPY; CAPACITY BUILDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTORING; NOTE; NURSE; ONCOLOGIST; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RWANDA; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPECIALIZATION; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 85025831835     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30519-3     Document Type: Note

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