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A lead cancer nurse role at Birmingham Children's Hospital National Health Service Trust
Author(s) -
WOODHOUSE S.,
SMITH P.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
european journal of cancer care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.849
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1365-2354
pISSN - 0961-5423
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2354.2001.00281.x
Subject(s) - medicine , scope (computer science) , nursing , service (business) , lead (geology) , health services , cancer , environmental health , marketing , population , business , geomorphology , computer science , programming language , geology
This paper reports on an innovative scheme and course developed as part of a Lead Cancer Nurse role based at the Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust, UK. In doing so issues are raised which may be helpful to others should they consider adopting a similar scheme and the possibilities of the scope of the role are highlighted.