Why patients with lung cancer do not want help with some needs

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-259

  Steele, Rose ^a   Fitch, Margaret I ^b  

^a York University   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Desire for assistance; Identified needs; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 41049113808     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0301-4     Document Type: Article

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