Telephone follow-up after treatment for breast cancer: Views and experiences of patients and specialist breast care nurses

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 2916-2924

  Beaver, Kinta ^a   Williamson, Susan ^a   Chalmers, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast care nurses; Nursing; Qualitative; Specialist nurses; Telephone follow up

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING DISCIPLINE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TELEPHONE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NURSES; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; TELEPHONE;

EID: 77956825652     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03197.x     Document Type: Article

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