Self-care responses to illness of patients with various cancer diagnoses

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-150

  Greimel, Elfriede R ^a,c   Padilla, Geraldine V ^a   Grant, Marcia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE;

EID: 0030935304     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841869709109222     Document Type: Article

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