Anxiety in long-term cancer survivors influences the acceptability of planned discharge from follow-up

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 190-196

  Thomas, Sally F ^a   Glynne Jones, Rob ^b   Chait, Ian ^b,c   Marks, David F ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BARNET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0030828453     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199709)6:3<190::AID-PON274>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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