Meanings of ambulatory oncology in English

Implications for practice:: These findings can inform quality improvement initiatives in ambulatory oncology practices.

Methods: A 45-item questionnaire was administered to 413 patients in ambulatory oncology clinics.

Clinical relevance: Consistent with findings from inpatient units, nurse-physician relationships are important to the quality of ambulatory oncology care.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore nurses' perceptions of nurse-physician relationships in ambulatory oncology settings, which are linked to patient safety.

Participants & setting: The current authors selected a purposive sample of eight ambulatory oncology practices for ethnographic site visits, which lasted five days each.

We sought to understand the patterns and correlates of unplanned health care service use among patients receiving first-cycle chemotherapy at five community-based ambulatory oncology practices.