Service user experiences of information delivery after a diagnosis of cancer: A qualitative study

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 963-973

  Pollock, Kristian ^a   Cox, Karen ^a   Howard, Penny ^a   Wilson, Eleanor ^a   Moghaddam, Nima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Patient information; Qualitative research; UK

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48349083176     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0363-3     Document Type: Article

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