Social support needs and adjustment of cancer patients

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 641-645

  Ohaeri, B M ^a   Oladele, E O ^a   Ohaeri, J U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b Psychological Medicine Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0035527436     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i12.8933     Document Type: Article

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