Facilitating interventions and/or relationships in malignant brain tumors

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-27

  Salander, Pär ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Care; Glioma; Nurse; Psychology; Rehabilitation; Support

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CANCER; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOME REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SUPPORT GROUP; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77950692020     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12325-010-0003-z     Document Type: Review

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