The illness trajectory of elderly cancer patients across cultures: SIOG position paper

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 633-638

  Surbone, A ^a,e   Kagawa Singer, M ^b   Terret, C ^c   Baider, L ^d   Brawley, O ^f   Mori, M ^f   Stein, B ^f   Zerue, M ^f  

^a EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Geriatric oncology; Psycho oncology

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; GENDER BIAS; GERIATRICS; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGING; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34047181030     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdl178     Document Type: Review

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