Survivorship issues following treatment completion-results from focus groups with Australian cancer survivors and health professionals

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-32

  Jefford, Michael ^a,b   Karahalios, Emily ^a   Pollard, Annabel ^a   Baravelli, Carl ^a   Carey, Mariko ^a,b   Franklin, Jennie ^a   Aranda, Sanchia ^a,b   Schofield, Penelope ^a,b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Long term survivors; Social adjustment; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 40849120598     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-008-0043-4     Document Type: Article

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