Utility, caller, and patient profile of a novel chemotherapy telephone helpline service within a regional cancer centre in Northern Ireland

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Reid, Joanne ^a   Porter, Sam ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; Telephone helpline

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CHEMOTHERAPY TELEPHONE HELPLINE SERVICE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NAUSEA; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELECONSULTATION; VOMITING;

EID: 79955567639     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e318204c53c     Document Type: Article

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