The impact of a managed transition of care upon psychosocial characteristics and patient satisfaction in a cohort of adult survivors of childhood cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2039-2045

  Van Laar, M ^a   Glaser, A ^b   Phillips, R S ^b   Feltbower, R G ^a   Stark, D P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; follow up care; oncology; paediatric; survivorship; transition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGED CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE;

CANCER; FOLLOW-UP CARE; ONCOLOGY; PAEDIATRIC; SURVIVORSHIP; TRANSITION;

ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883168580     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3248     Document Type: Article

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