Palliative care online: A pilot study on a pancreatic cancer website

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 846-851

  Grant, Marian S ^a   Wiegand, Debra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ONLINE SYSTEM; PALLIATIVE CARE NURSE PRACTIONER; PANCREAS CANCER; PILOT STUDY; WEB BROWSER;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79959686020     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0036     Document Type: Article

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