The forgotten team member: Meeting the needs of oncology support staff

Oncologist

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 530-538

  Cashavelly, Barbara J ^a   Donelan, Karen ^b   Binda, Kathryn D ^a   Mailhot, Johanna R ^b   Clair Hayes, Katherine A ^a   Maramaldi, Peter ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Cancer care unit; Job satisfaction; Patient care team; Staff attitude; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF TRAINING;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 45849098349     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2008-0023     Document Type: Article

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