Nurses' approach to sexuality-related issues in patients receiving cancer treatments

Turkish Journal of Cancer

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 135-141

  Algier, Lale ^a   Sultan, K A V ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Nursing; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; EARLY MENOPAUSE; FERTILITY; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 58849164406     PISSN: 10193103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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