Information needs of patients with incurable cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 943-948

  Voogt, Elsbeth ^a   Van Leeuwen, Anna F ^a   Visser, Adriaan P ^b   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^a   Van Der Maas, Paul J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HELEN DOWLING INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Incurable cancer; Information giving; Information need; Palliative care; Patients

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HORMONE;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DIETARY INTAKE; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 27144524138     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0823-6     Document Type: Article

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