Care and the older person with cancer

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 176-182

  Bailey, Chris ^a,b   Corner, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Caring practice; Discourse of senescence; Older people; Representations of ageing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ELDERLY CARE; EMPATHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NEOPLASM; NURSING; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPATHY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0141783831     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2354.2003.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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