Supportive care needs of people with brain tumours and their carers

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1094-1103

  Janda, Monika ^a,b   Eakin, Elizabeth G ^c   Bailey, Lucy ^a   Walker, David ^d   Troy, Kate ^a  

^a VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain tumours; Patients and carers; Service delivery; Supportive care needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE; WELFARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUEENSLAND; RESPITE CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33845411072     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0074-1     Document Type: Article

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