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Cancer care: what role for the general practitioner?
Author(s) -
Weller David P,
Harris Mark F
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01915.x
Subject(s) - citation , library science , equity (law) , general practice , medicine , sociology , management , media studies , family medicine , law , political science , computer science , economics
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 21 July 2008 189 2 59-60 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2008 www.mja.com.au Editorials expand and diversify the workforce. The prevalence increased substantially in Western countries,1,2 large ageing of the population: in Australia, by the age of risk of cancer is 1 in 3 in men and 1 in 4 in women. There is now an explicit recognition that GPs shou in all stages of the cancer journey, from first pr palliative care, and that service reforms must inco General practice is still somewhat adrift in the complex world of cancer services