Nursing care and quality of life among Jordanian patients with cancer

Leadership in Health Services

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-243

  Ahmad, Muayyad M ^a   Alasad, Jafar A ^b   Nawafleh, Hani ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Jordan; Nursing; Patients; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954835874     PISSN: 17511879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511871011061055     Document Type: Article

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