Patient education about treatment in cancer care: An overview of the literature on older patients' needs

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 251-260

  Jansen, Jesse ^a   Van Weert, Julia ^a   Van Dulmen, Sandra ^a   Heeren, Thea ^b,c   Bensing, Jozien ^a,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Symfora Group Psychiatric Center   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Older patients; Patient education; Patient needs; Professional patient relations; Review; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CANADA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 34547556199     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000281735.25609.af     Document Type: Article

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