## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening tests (e.g., fecal occult blood testing [FOBT], flexible sigmoidoscopy [FS], etc.) are underused. Primary care providers (PCPs) play a critical role in screening, but barriers to and facilitators of screening as perceived by PCPs in manag
Australian palliative care providers’ perceptions and experiences of the barriers and facilitators to palliative care provision
✍ Scribed by Claire Johnson; Afaf Girgis; Chris Paul; David C. Currow; Jon Adams; Sanchia Aranda
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 146 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0941-4355
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