Lung cancer: Needs assessment, treatment and therapies

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 17 SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Evans, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Holistic needs assessment; Lung cancer; Multidisciplinary team; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885150322     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2013.22.sup17.s15     Document Type: Article

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