Investigating the role of the general practitioner in cancer prevention: a mixed methods study.

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Published in BMC Fam Pract on May 07, 2013

Authors

Sonja McIlfatrick1, Sinead Keeney, Hugh McKenna, Nigel McCarley, Gerry McElwee

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Nursing and Health Research, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, N. Ireland, UK. sj.mcilfatrick@ulster.ac.uk

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