The diagnosis and treatment decisions of cancer patients in rural Western Australia

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  McConigley, Ruth ^a,c   Holloway, Kristi ^a   Smith, Jodi ^a   Halkett, Georgia ^a   Keyser, Jo ^b   Aoun, Samar ^a   Monterosso, Leanne ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Western Australian Country Health Service   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer diagnosis; Cancer treatment; Decision making; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79959633522     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181f795e7     Document Type: Article

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