What do patients living with advanced cancer and their carers want to know? - A needs assessment

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 408-415

  Wong, Rebecca K S ^a   Franssen, Edmee ^b   Szumacher, Ewa ^b   Connolly, Ruth ^b   Evans, Marty ^b   Page, Beverley ^b   Chow, Edward ^b   Hayter, Charles ^b   Harth, Tamara ^b   Andersson, Lourdes ^b   Pope, Joan ^b   Danjoux, Cyril ^b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Carers; Information needs; Palliative

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036942342     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-002-0354-3     Document Type: Article

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