Awareness and advocacy for adolescents and young adults with cancer

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue SUPPL. 10, 2011, Pages 2311-2315

  McGoldrick, Devon ^a   Gordon, Pamela ^a   Whiteson, Myrna ^b   Adams, Heidi ^a   Rogers, Paul ^c   Sutcliffe, Simon ^d  

^a LIVESTRONG   (United States)

^b TEENAGE CANCER TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Canadian Partnership Against Cancer   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescents; advocacy; awareness; cancer; young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMMUNICATION SKILL; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUPPORT GROUP; SURVIVAL RATE; AWARENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955497384     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26055     Document Type: Article

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