Emotional support of cancer patients: The nursing approach

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 246-251

  Papadimitriou, Maria ^a,c   Argyrou, Ellen ^b   Paleogianni, Victoria ^b  

^a Nursing Dept of Technol Inst   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c University General Hospital ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Moral support; Nursing training; Oncology nurse; Psychologic reactions; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE TRAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031928208     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-199808000-00004     Document Type: Article

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