Leveling the playing field: The personal coach program as an innovative approach to assess and address the supportive care needs of underserved cancer patients

Journal of Supportive Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 185-193

  Hohenadel, Joanne ^a,b,c   Kaegi, Elizabeth ^a,b,c   Laidlaw, Jack ^a,b,c   Kovacik, Galina ^a,b,c   Cortinois, Andrea ^a,b,c   Kang, Rita ^a,b,c   Jadad, Alejandro R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POVERTY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; CONSULTATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSULTANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 34250195400     PISSN: 15446794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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