What should a support program for people with lung cancer look like? Differing attitudes of patients and support group facilitators

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1227-1232

  Devitt, Bianca ^a   Hatton, Allison ^a   Baravelli, Carl ^a   Schofield, Penelope ^a,b   Jefford, Michael ^a,b,c   Mileshkin, Linda ^a,b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Patient views; Support groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SUPPORT GROUP; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

EID: 77955093800     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181e004b2     Document Type: Article

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