Cancer treatments

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 45-77

  Maramaldi, Peter ^a   Dungan, Sheryn ^b   Poorvu, Nancy Levitan ^a  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer; Prostate cancer; Psychosocial interventions

Indexed keywords

AGED; BREAST TUMOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 56149106948     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634370802137793     Document Type: Article

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