Oncology nurse navigator: Ensuring safe passage

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-40

  Case, Mary Ann B ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MANPOWER; MODEL; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NEOPLASMS; NURSING RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953100651     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/11.CJON.33-40     Document Type: Review

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