The impact of inadequate knowledge on patient and spouse experience of prostate cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-63

  Docherty, Andrea ^a   Brothwell, Cannon Paul D ^b   Symons, Mary ^b  

^a Redditch and Bromsgrove PCT   (United Kingdom)

^b Kidderminster General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer nurse specialist; Experience; Knowledge; Patient preference; Prostate cancer; Spouse

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER PATIENT; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SHOCK; SPOUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SPOUSES;

EID: 33846406936     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200701000-00011     Document Type: Article

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