Clinicians' attitudes to prostate cancer peer-support groups

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-71

  Steginga, Suzanne K ^a,e   Smith, David P ^b   Pinnock, Carole ^a   Metcalfe, Robyn ^c   Gardiner, Robert A ^a,d   Dunn, Jeff ^a,d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinicians attitudes; Peer support; Prostatic neoplasms; Support groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER GROUP; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 33845489293     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06545.x     Document Type: Article

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