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A qualitative study of consumer attitudes to sharing psychosocial information within the multidisciplinary cancer care team

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  1. Centre for Medical Psychology and Evidence-based Decision-making (CeMPED), University of Sydney, Transient Building (F12), Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia

    Esther Davis, Belinda Thewes & Phyllis Butow

  2. Sydney West Cancer Network, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Catherine Mason

  3. Sydney Medical School, Westmead, NSW, 2145, Australia

    Catherine Mason

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Davis, E., Thewes, B., Butow, P. et al. A qualitative study of consumer attitudes to sharing psychosocial information within the multidisciplinary cancer care team. Support Care Cancer 22, 869–870 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-013-2115-x

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