Psychosocial home visits in cancer treatment a qualitative study on the content of home visits

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 350-357

  Ross, Lone ^a   Johansen, Christoffer ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer; Denmark; Home visit; Psychosocial oncology; Qualitative interviews; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0036787513     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200210000-00003     Document Type: Article

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