Delivering chemotherapy with a nurse-led cancer outreach service.
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This article outlines an initiative to deliver outreach chemotherapy closer to patients' homes. Five nurse-led units were set up in the community. Cancer treatments can now be provided outside the acute hospital setting. This nurse-led service has improved and developed the delivery of chemotherapy by looking at alternative and innovative ways of addressing service delivery.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Nursing times
دوره 104 49 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008