The primary care nurse practitioner and cancer survivorship care

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 394-402

  Cooper, Joanna M ^a   Loeb, Susan J ^b   Smith, Carol A ^b  

^a Geisinger Pulmonology   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivor; Models of care.; Nurse practitioner; Primary care; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MODEL; MORTALITY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955350767     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2010.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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