The unmet needs of emerging adults with a cancer diagnosis: A qualitative study

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Patterson, Pandora ^a   Millar, Brett ^a   Desille, Natacha ^b   McDonald, Fiona ^a  

^a CanTeen   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cancer; Emerging adults; Needs; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860347701     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31822d9105     Document Type: Article

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