Support for cancer patients: The Bahrain experience

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 695-699

  Awadallah, Muyassar S ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BAHRAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY; FRIEND; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; RECREATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BAHRAIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY; FRIENDS; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MORALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 33847639237     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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