A qualitative evaluation of patients' experiences of an enhanced recovery programme for colorectal cancer

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Blazeby, J M ^a,b   Soulsby, M ^c   Winstone, K ^b   King, P M ^c   Bulley, S ^c   Kennedy, R H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c YEOVIL DISTRICT HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Enhanced recovery programmes; Patients' views; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENHANCED RECOVERY PROGRAMME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77954900544     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.02104.x     Document Type: Article

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