Oncology nurses' perceptions of barriers to discussion of fertility preservation with patients with cancer

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 467-476

  King, Lindsey ^a   Quinn, Gwendolyn P ^a   Vadaparampil, Susan T ^a   Gwede, Clement K ^a   Miree, Cheryl A ^a   Wilson, Crystal ^a   Clayton, Heather ^a   Perrin, Karen ^b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OVARY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPERMATOZOON; TISSUE PRESERVATION; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; OVARY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 49849095772     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/08.CJON.467-476     Document Type: Article

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