Symptom distress of Jordanian patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-132

  Omran, Suha ^a   Saeed, Ahmad Mohamad Ahmad ^b   Simpson, Jennifer ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b Faculty of Nursing   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Cancer; Distress thermometer; Jordanian; Oncology; Symptom distress

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858775333     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2012.02012.x     Document Type: Article

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