Education and support needs of younger and older cancer survivors

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-109

  Narsavage, Georgia ^a   Romeo, Eileen ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Care System ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SENESCENCE; SUPPORT GROUP; TIME; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038379157     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0897-1897(03)00008-9     Document Type: Article

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