Speech impairment in the postoperative head and neck cancer patient: Nurses' and patients' perceptions

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 897-911

  Rodriguez, Carmen S ^a   VanCott, Mary Lou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ST PETERSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Head and neck cancer; Speech impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SPEECH DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 25444514223     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732305278903     Document Type: Article

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