Satisfaction with follow-up consultations among younger adults treated for cancer: The role of quality of life and psychological variables

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 813-822

  Michel, Gisela ^a,b   Greenfield, Diana ^c   Absolom, Kate ^d   Eiser, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c WESTON PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Bexley Wing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; coping; follow up; monitoring; oncology; satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSULTATION; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960726590     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1783     Document Type: Article

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