Specialist breast care and research nurses' attitudes to adjuvant chemotherapy in older women with breast cancer

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-86

  Ballinger, Rachel ^a   Ford, Elizabeth ^a   Pennery, Emma ^b   Jenkins, Valerie ^a   Ring, Alistair ^c   Fallowfield, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Breast Cancer Care   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Elderly; Nurse; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING DISCIPLINE; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 84455206258     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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