Opening communication with cancer patients about sexuality-related issues

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 399-404

  Hautamäki, Katja ^a   Miettinen, Merja ^a   Kellokumpu Lehtinen, Pirkko Liisa ^a   Aalto, Pirjo ^a   Lehto, Juhani ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cancer patient; Communication; Nursing assessment; Research in practice; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ONCOLOGY WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEXUALITY;

EID: 34548674028     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000290808.84076.97     Document Type: Article

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