Oncology professionals and patient requests for cancer support services

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 731-738

  Matthews, B Alex ^a   Baker, Frank ^b   Spillers, Rachel L ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer patient support services; Health care professionals; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORKER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 5444220458     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-004-0647-9     Document Type: Article

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