Are the most distressing concerns of patients with inoperable lung cancer adequately assessed? A mixed-methods analysis

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1942-1949

  Tishelman, Carol ^a   Lövgren, Malin ^a   Broberger, Eva ^a   Hamberg, Katarina ^a   Sprangers, Mirjam A G ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; HEALTH STATUS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951632870     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.23.3403     Document Type: Article

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