Information, support, and decision-making needs and preferences of adolescents with cancer: Implications for health professionals

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 39-56

  Dunsmore, Julie ^a   Quine, Susan ^b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0029554836     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J077V13N04_03     Document Type: Article

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