Healthcare professionals' response to cachexia in advanced cancer: A qualitative study

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Millar, Claire ^a   Reid, Joanne ^a   Porter, Sam ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CANCER CENTER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIETITIAN; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; NEOPLASM; NURSE; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CACHEXIA; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CULTURE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSES; NUTRITIONISTS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84893132846     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/13.ONF.E393-E402     Document Type: Article

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