Motives for becoming and remaining member of patient associations: A study of 1,810 Swedish individuals with cancer associations

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1035-1043

  Carlsson, Christina ^a,b   Baigi, Amir ^c   Killander, Dick ^a   Sätterlund Larsson, Ullabeth ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Research and Development Unit   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Membership; Motives; Patient associations for cancer patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 27744554578     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-004-0735-x     Document Type: Article

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