Quality of life of cancer patients receiving home infusion services: A pilot study

Journal of Intravenous Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 244-248

  Hanchett, Marilyn ^a,b,c  

^a Express Scripts   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFUSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME INFUSION THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035406461     PISSN: 08965846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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