Cumulative financial stress and strain in palliative radiation outpatients: The role of age and disability

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 369-381

  Francoeur, Richard Benoit ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STRESS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 22544479719     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860510029761     Document Type: Article

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