Facilitators and barriers to improving the quality of referrals for potential oral cancer

British Dental Journal

Volumn 197, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 537-540

  White, D A ^a   Morris, A J ^a   Burgess, L ^a   Hamburger, J ^a   Hamburger, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Bartholomew House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTIST; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MOUTH CANCER; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CORRESPONDENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 9344224540     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4811800     Document Type: Review

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