Patients' needs assessment in cancer care: A review of assessment tools

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1125-1144

  Richardson, Alison ^a   Medina, Jibby ^a   Brown, Vivienne ^b   Sitzia, John ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Care needs assessment; Patient assessment; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTENT VALIDITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDLINE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE DATABASE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34648827776     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0205-8     Document Type: Review

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