Meeting Survivors' Unmet Needs: An Integrated Framework for Survivor and Palliative Care

Seminars in Oncology Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 231-242

  Griffith, Kathleen A ^a   McGuire, Deborah B ^a   Russo, Marguerite ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cance; Cancer survivorship; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958195761     PISSN: 07492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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