Lung cancer health care needs assessment: Patients' and informal carers' responses to a national mail questionnaire survey

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 213-227

  Krishnasamy, Meinir ^a   Wilkie, Erna ^a   Haviland, Jo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health surveys; Lung cancer; Needs assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPNEA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RECIPIENT; REST; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034999755     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921601678576202     Document Type: Article

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