The Living with Cancer Education Programme. I. Development of an Australian education and support programme for cancer patients and their family and friends

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 271-279

  Todd, K ^a,c   Roberts, S ^b   Black, C ^b  

^a Cancer Education Unit   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Group programme; Patient information; Support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AUSTRALIA; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 1842857618     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2354.2002.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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