Do newly diagnosed lung cancer patients feel their concerns are being met?

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-45

  Hill, Kate M ^a   Amir, Z ^a   Muers, M F ^b   Connolly, C K ^c   Round, C E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c DARLINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concerns; Healthcare professionals; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; WARD; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STANDARD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0141925475     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2354.2003.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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