Telephone help line for cancer counseling and cancer information

Cancer Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 319-323

  Carlsson, Maria E ^a   Strang, Peter M ^a   Lindblad, Lillian ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cancer; counseling; information; medical matters; psychosocial issues; telephone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; HUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; TELEPHONE;

COUNSELING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 0029955382     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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