Colorectal cancer follow-up: Patient satisfaction and amenability to telephone after care

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-30

  Beaver, K ^a   Wilson, C ^b   Procter, D ^c   Sheridan, J ^c   Towers, G ^c   Heath, J ^c   Susnerwala, S ^d   Luker, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Follow up; Satisfaction; Specialist nurses; Survey; Telephone

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TELEPHONE;

EID: 78651429000     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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