[Team approach for treatment of patients with cancer, how to cooperate with staffs of other medical institutions--a recent trend in Japan].
For the team approach to patients with cancer both of consistency of medical services and patient's satisfaction are important. Japanese health care reform planning prescribes an establishment of a section which accepts patient's consultation and provides proper advice or information. Technology of the internet is also promising for team approaches with staffs of other medical institutions as well as the patient support section in the cancer centers.
Tanimizu
Masahito
M
National Hospital Organization, Shikoku Cancer Center.
Kikuuchi
Yuki
Y
Funada
Chiaki
C
Kameshima
Kikuko
K
Kurita
Akira
A
Takashima
Shigemitsu
S
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