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Clinicians’ Experiences and Perspectives about a New Lung Cancer Referral Pathway in a Regional Health Service

International Journal of Integrated Care
Volume 24 (2024): Issue 2
By: Zulfiquer Otty,  Rebecca Evans,  Sarah Larkins,  Amy Brown and  Sabe Sabesan  
Open Access
|Apr 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.7627 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
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Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 1, 2023
Accepted on: Mar 11, 2024
Published on: Apr 4, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
referral pathways,
lung cancer,
clinicians’ experiences,
qualitative study

© 2024 Zulfiquer Otty, Rebecca Evans, Sarah Larkins, Amy Brown, Sabe Sabesan, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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