Cancer survivorship care in advanced primary care practices: A qualitative study of challenges and opportunities

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1726-1732

  Rubinstein, Ellen B ^a,b   Miller, William L ^c   Hudson, Shawna V ^a   Howard, Jenna ^a   O'Malley, Denalee ^a   Tsui, Jennifer ^d   Lee, Heather Sophia ^a   Bator, Alicja ^a   Crabtree, Benjamin F ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH; METASTASIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NEOPLASM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SURVIVORSHIP; UNITED STATES;

COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVIVORSHIP; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85038129360     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.4747     Document Type: Article

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