Exploring patient experiences of cancer services in regional Australia

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Drury, Vicki Blair ^a,b   Inma, Chutarat ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action research; Cancer; Health inequality; Rural; Seamless service

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 74349083713     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181af5675     Document Type: Article

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