Partners of cancer patients consult their GPs significantly more often with both somatic and psychosocial problems

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 203-208

  Heins, Marianne ^a   Schellevis, François ^a,b   Rijken, Mieke ^a   Donker, Gé ^a   Van Der, Lucas ^a   Korevaar, Joke ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer partner; Caregiver; General practice; Netherlands; The

Indexed keywords

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SEXUALITY; TIME; UTILIZATION; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; NEOPLASM; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890063329     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2013.861153     Document Type: Article

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