Information needs of Asian and White British cancer patients and their families in Leicestershire: A cross-sectional survey

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1474-1478

  Muthu Kumar, D ^a   Symonds, R P ^a   Sundar, S ^a   Ibrahim, K ^a   Savelyich, B S P ^b   Miller, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian patients; Family and patient preferences; Information needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN; BRITISH ASIAN; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; INFORMATION SERVICE; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; PATIENT EDUCATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 2442419007     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601774     Document Type: Review

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