A longitudinal analysis of patient satisfaction and subsequent quality of life in Hong Kong Chinese breast and nasopharyngeal cancer patients

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 875-881

  Wong, Wing S ^a,b   Fielding, Richard ^a,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chinese; Nasopharyngeal cancer; Patient satisfaction; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; BREAST TUMOR; HOSPITALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 68249141857     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181a393cf     Document Type: Article

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