Oncology social workers' perceptions of barriers to discussing fertility preservation with cancer patients

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 479-501

  King, Lindsey ^a,e   Quinn, Gwendolyn P ^a,b   Vadaparampil, Susan T ^a,b   Miree, Cheryl A ^a   Wilson, Crystal ^a   Clayton, Heather ^a,c   Zebrack, Brad ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer survivorship; Fertility preservation; Qualitative research; Social worker attitudes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SOCIAL WORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 61449505211     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380802255215     Document Type: Article

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