Information needs and sources of information for women with breast cancer: A follow-up study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 487-495

  Luker, Karen A ^a   Beaver, Kinta ^a   Leinster, Samuel J ^b   Owens, R Glynn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF HELP; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE CLINICIANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 0030095226     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1996.tb00010.x     Document Type: Article

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