Perception and fulfillment of cancer patients' nursing professional social support needs: From the health care personnel point of view

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1049-1058

  Hong, Jingfang ^a   Song, Yongxia ^a   Liu, Jingjing ^a   Wang, Weili ^a   Wang, Wenru ^b  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Actual provision; Cancer patient; Identified needs; Professional social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL SUPPORT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TECHNICAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CHINA; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895877473     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-2062-6     Document Type: Article

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