Identifying patients in financial need: Cancer care providers' perceptions of barriers

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 501-505

  Mathews, Maria ^a   Park, Amanda D ^b  

^a Division of Community Health and Humanities   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANADA; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM;

AWARENESS; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 73449092902     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/09.CJON.501-505     Document Type: Article

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