Post-discharge health care needs of patients after lung cancer resection

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 2471-2480

  Wang, Kwua Yun ^a   Chang, Nai Wen ^b   Wu, Tzu Hsin ^c   Hsu, Chu Chun ^c   Lee, Ya Hsin ^b   Lee, Shih Chun ^c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Access and evaluation; Data collection; Functional health status; Health care quality; Karnofsky scale; Lung cancer; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 77955951412     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03298.x     Document Type: Article

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