Patient and carer perspectives: A man with inoperable lung cancer

Progress in Palliative Care

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 321-326

  Murray, Scott A ^a   Kendall, Marilyn ^a   Boyd, Kirsty ^b   Worth, Allison ^a   Benton, T Fred ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c St Columba's Hospice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; FEAR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INOPERABLE CANCER; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RELIGION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 1442302357     PISSN: 09699260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/096992603225003734     Document Type: Article

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