Assessing nursing problems of importance for the development of nursing care in a radiation therapy department

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-56

  Wengstrom, Yvonne ^a,b   Häggmark, Caroline ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nursing care problems; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0031953240     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-199802000-00007     Document Type: Article

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