Prospective, multicenter, randomized trial of a new organizational modality for providing information and support to cancer patients

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1794-1799

  Passalacqua, Rodolfo ^a   Caminiti, Caterina ^a   Campione, Francesco ^a   Diodati, Francesca ^a   Todeschini, Renata ^a   Bisagni, Giancarlo ^a   Labianca, Roberto ^a   Chiesa, Matteo Dalla ^a   Bracci, Raffaella ^a   Aragona, Marcello ^a   Artioli, Fabrizio ^a   Cavanna, Luigi ^a   Masina, Alceste ^a   De Falco, Francesco ^a   Marzocchini, Barbara ^a   Iacono, Carmelo ^a   Contu, Antonio ^a   Costanzo, Francesco Di ^a   Bertetto, Oscar ^a   Annunziata, Maria A ^a  

^a CREMONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 64649095426     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.15.0615     Document Type: Article

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