A critical review of the evidence for nurses as information providers to cancer patients

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 749-765

  Koutsopoulou, Sotiria ^a   Papathanassoglou, Elizabeth D ^b   Katapodi, Maria C ^c   Patiraki, Elisabeth I ^b  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Critical review; Information delivery; Information provider; Nurse; Oncology

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 77955740128     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02954.x     Document Type: Review

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