Cancer patients' sources of information: Use and quality issues

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 371-378

  Mills, Moyra E ^a   Davidson, Robin ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NI Cancer Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORTHERN IRELAND; NURSE CLINICIANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0036746590     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.584     Document Type: Article

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