Communication and information: The experience of radiotherapy patients

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 153-161

  Gamble, K ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Head and neck cancer; Information; Lung cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032153167     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2354.1998.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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