Head and neck cancer and dysphagia; Caring for carers

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1815-1820

  Patterson, J M ^a   Rapley, T ^a   Carding, P N ^b   Wilson, J A ^c   McColl, E ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

caregiver; deglutition; head and neck cancer; oncology; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DYSPHAGIA; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; REINFORCEMENT; RETURN TO WORK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL LIFE; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAREGIVER; DEGLUTITION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 84880701930     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3226     Document Type: Article

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