Self-care strategies to cope with taste changes after chemotherapy

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Rehwaldt, Maureen ^a   Wickham, Rita ^b   Purl, Sandy ^a   Tariman, Joseph ^c   Blendowski, Carol ^b   Shott, Susan ^d   Lappe, Mary ^a  

^a Hospice Carecenter in Glenview ^*

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DePaul Center   (United States)

^d RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; STANDARD; TASTE DISORDER; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORAL HYGIENE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TASTE DISORDERS; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 67649214100     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/09.ONF.E47-E56     Document Type: Article

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