The value of a breast care nurse in supporting rural and remote cancer patients in Queensland

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Eley, Robert M ^a   Rogers Clark, Cath ^a   Murray, Kay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Breast cancer; Breast care nurse; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COORDINATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUPPORT GROUP; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BREAST TUMOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 61749103927     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000339246.60700.cf     Document Type: Article

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