Recruitment and retention of palliative cancer patients and their partners participating in a longitudinal evaluation of a psychosocial retreat program

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-56

  Garland, Sheila ^a,b   Carlson, Linda E ^b,c   Marr, Hubert ^c,d   Simpson, Steve ^b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Calgary Health Region   (Canada)

^e Department of Psychosocial Resources   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Couples; Palliative; Psychosocial; Recruitment; Retreat

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 67749103686     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951509000078     Document Type: Article

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