Consumers' and professionals' perceptions of a breast cancer review clinic

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 419-426

  McCaughan, Eilis ^a   McSorley, Oonagh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Consumer perceptions; Empirical research report; Follow up care; Nursing; Qualitative research; Staff perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35148871261     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04404.x     Document Type: Article

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