Cancer self-help groups are here to stay: Issues and challenges for health professionals

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-58

  Gray, Ross E ^a   Fitch, Margaret ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; NEOPLASM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SELF HELP;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CARE; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 0035291730     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585970101700109     Document Type: Review

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