The needs of patients with advanced, incurable cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 759-764

  Rainbird, K ^a   Perkins, J ^b   Sanson Fisher, R ^b   Rolfe, I ^b   Anseline, P ^b  

^a Health Research Consultant   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Perceived needs; Terminal cancer patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYING; DYSPHAGIA; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; ENERGY; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FRUSTRATION; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METASTASIS; MOUTH CANCER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PHARYNX CANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 70249136457     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605235     Document Type: Article

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