The distress of diagnostic and treatment delays experienced by cancer patients;Kreftpasienters oppfatning av utredningstid før behandling

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 2468-2470

  Sørbye, Sveinung Wergeland ^a   Risberg, Terje ^b   Norum, Jan ^b   Wist, Erik A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Kreftavdelingen   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032550884     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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