The information needs of head and neck cancer patients prior to surgery

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 407-410

  Newell, Rob ^a   Ziegler, Lucy ^a   Stafford, Nick ^b   Lewin, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Head and neck; Information; Laryngectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RELATIVE; SOCIOPATHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 7744238956     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/147870804722     Document Type: Article

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