Supportive nursing care around breast cancer surgery: An evaluation of the 1997 status in The Netherlands

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 172-175

  Thijs Boer, Francina M ^a   De Kruif, Anja Th C ^b   Van De Wiel, Harry B M ^c  

^a Bethesda Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Supportive nursing care; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; NURSING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING CARE; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032806706     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-199904000-00010     Document Type: Article

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