A supportive nursing care clinic: Conceptions of patients with head and neck cancer

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-59

  Larsson, Maria ^a   Hedelin, Birgitta ^a,b   Athlin, Elsy ^a,c  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Nurse clinic; Nutrition; Phenomenography; Radiotherapy; Support; Trajectory of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 33846652510     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2006.04.033     Document Type: Article

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