Accessing metropolitan cancer care services: Practical needs of rural families

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-101

  Wilkes, Lesley M ^a,c   White, Kate ^b   Mohan, Shantala ^a   Beale, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Clinical Nursing Research Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cost of illness; Health services accessibility; New South Wales; Rural; Support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAVEL;

COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 33749556687     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J077v24n02_06     Document Type: Article

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