Brief report: A systematic process to design a useful chemotherapy education packet for patients at U.T.M.D. anderson cancer center

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-42

  Gonzalez, Amy ^a   Stepan, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIARRHEA; FATIGUE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NAUSEA; NURSE; NUTRITION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; SARCOMA; THORAX CANCER; TREATMENT PLANNING; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; VOMITING;

EID: 33748635180     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15430154jce2101_13     Document Type: Article

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