Supportive care needs: Are patients with lung cancer a neglected population?

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 509-516

  Li, Jiong ^a   Girgis, Afaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Lung cancer; Oncology; Perceived needs; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL NEEDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33745799864     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.983     Document Type: Article

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