The family and nurse in partnership: Providing day-to-day care for rural cancer patients

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-126

  Wilkes, Lesley M ^a,c   White, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carers; Oncology; Palliative care; Rural health; Symptom management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 19044364642     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1854.2005.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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