A qualitative assessment of the supportive care and resource needs of patients undergoing craniotomy for benign brain tumours

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1841-1848

  Wong, Janice ^a   Mendelsohn, Daniel ^a   Nyhof Young, Joyce ^b,c   Bernstein, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Qualitative research; Supportive care; Surgery; Unmet need

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83255174115     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-1027-2     Document Type: Article

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