Dealing with cancer-related distress

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 67-69

  Abrahamson, Kathleen ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77950198846     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000370162.07674.f6     Document Type: Article

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