Quality and efficacy of educational materials on cancer-related fatigue: Views of patients from two European countries

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-109

  Ream, Emma ^a   Browne, Natasha ^a   Glaus, Agnes ^a   Knipping, Cornelia ^b   Frei, Irena Anna ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Ctr for Tumor Prevention Detection   (Switzerland)

^c Ostschweizer Kinderspital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cancer fatigue; Focus group; Patient information

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EUROPE; EXPERIENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038548246     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-3889(03)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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