Information needs of elderly postsurgical cancer patients during the transition from hospital to home

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-30

  Hughes, Linda C ^a   Hodgson, Nancy A ^b   Muller, Pat ^c   Robinson, Linda A ^d   McCorkle, Ruth ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CERNER CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Community health; Home care; Information needs; Interventions; Oncology; Patient education; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING;

AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TEACHING;

EID: 0033643884     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2000.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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