Sustaining leaders of cancer support groups: The role, needs, and difficulties of leaders

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 39-55

  Butow, Phyllis ^a   Ussher, Jane ^b   Kirsten, Laura ^a,b   Hobbs, Kim ^c   Smith, Katharine ^c   Wain, Gerard ^c   Sandoval, Mirjana ^b   Stenlake, Annie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Leadership; Support groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; SUPPORT GROUP; TRAINING; EVALUATION; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; NEOPLASM; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING; SELF HELP; SOCIAL WORK; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

FOCUS GROUPS; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LEADERSHIP; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; ROLE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL WORK; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 33645094931     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v42n02_03     Document Type: Article

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