Service user involvement in cancer care: The impact on service users

Health Expectations

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-169

  Cotterell, Phil ^a   Harlow, Gwen ^b   Morris, Carolyn ^b   Beresford, Peter ^c   Hanley, Bec ^d   Sargeant, Anita ^e   Sitzia, John ^f   Staley, Kristina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d TwoCan Associates   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Queen Mary University of London and Barts NIHR BRC NHS Trust National Institute for Health and Care Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Impact on service users; Involvement; Service user

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATE MEDICINE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 79956196870     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2010.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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