A handheld chemotherapy symptom management system: Results from a preliminary outpatient field trial

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 243-258

  McGee, Marilyn Rose ^a   Gray, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Handheld systems; Mobile computing; Mobile medical informatics; Symptom management

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; EXPECTATION; HANDHELD SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE;

EID: 29644440677     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458205055686     Document Type: Article

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