Symptom clusters in individuals living with advanced cancer

Seminars in Oncology Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 168-174

  Esper, Peg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Symptom clusters, advanced illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; COMPLICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROCEDURES;

GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING;

EID: 77955071863     PISSN: 07492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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