PORT - Psychosocial Oncology Research Training: A newly funded strategic initiative in health research

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 159-164

  Loiselle, Carmen G ^a,b   Bottorff, Joan L ^c,d   Butler, Lorna ^e   Degner, Lesley F ^f,g,h  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSING; POLICY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING;

CANADA; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUPPORT; TRAINING SUPPORT;

EID: 1942442463     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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