Predictors of support service use by rural and regional men with cancer

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 185-190

  Corboy, Denise ^a   McLaren, Suzanne ^a   Mcdonald, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Public participation; Rural health; Rural health services delivery; Rural oncology; Telehealth telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79960493149     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2011.01210.x     Document Type: Article

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