The needs for men undergoing active surveillance (AS) for prostate cancer: Results of a focus group study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 581-586

  Kazer, Meredith W ^a   Bailey, Donald E ^b   Colberg, John ^c   Kelly, William K ^d   Carroll, Peter ^e  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NURSING; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78651248932     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03489.x     Document Type: Article

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