Is seeing a specialist nurse associated with positive experiences of care? The role and value of specialist nurses in prostate cancer care

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tarrant, Carolyn ^a   Sinfield, Paul ^a   Agarwal, Shona ^a   Baker, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROSTATE CANCER; SUPPORT GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATE TUMOR; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 42349089136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-65     Document Type: Article

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