Concordance of cancer patient and caregiver symptom reports

Cancer Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 185-190

  Kurtz, Margot E ^a   Kurtz, J C ^b   Given, Charles C ^a   Given, Barbara ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

concordance; family caregivers; patients with cancer; symptom reports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030035611     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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