A scale for measuring feelings of support and security regarding cancer care in a region of Japan: A potential new endpoint of cancer care

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 218-225

  Igarashi, Ayumi ^a   Miyashita, Mitsunori ^b   Morita, Tatsuya ^c   Akizuki, Nobuya ^d   Akiyama, Miki ^e   Shirahige, Yutaka ^f   Eguchi, Kenji ^g  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d CHIBA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Shirahige Clinic   (Japan)

^g TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

general population; palliative care; quality of care; region; Sense of security

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CARE; CANCER THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SENSATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84855867261     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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