Is there an "ideal cancer" support group? Key findings from a qualitative study of three groups

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 432-449

  Bell, Kirsten ^a   Lee, Joyce ^a   Foran, Sydney ^b   Kwong, Sandy ^b   Christopherson, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

diversity; gender; ideal process and structure; support groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHINESE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METASTASIS; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUPPORT GROUP; BREAST TUMOR; CANADA; CHINA; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF HELP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; CHINA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77954635178     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2010.488140     Document Type: Article

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