Nurse navigators in early cancer care: A randomized, controlled trial

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-18

  Wagner, Edward H ^a,b   Ludman, Evette J ^b   Aiello Bowles, Erin J ^b   Penfold, Robert ^b,c   Reid, Robert J ^b,d   Rutter, Carolyn M ^b   Chubak, Jessica ^b,c   McCorkle, Ruth ^e  

^a Grp Health Cooperative Puget Sound   (United States)

^b GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Group Health Permanente   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY GENERAL QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NURSE NAVIGATOR; NURSING CARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS CARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TIME TO TREATMENT; BREAST TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSES; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894644215     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2013.51.7359     Document Type: Article

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