A qualitative study of the dimensions of patients' perceptions of facial disfigurement after head and neck cancer surgery

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 114-121

  Costa, Edmar Fernandes ^a   Nogueira, Túlio Eduardo ^a   De Souza Lima, Nathália Caroline ^a   Mendonça, Elismauro Francisco ^a   Leles, Cláudio Rodrigues ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

attitudes opinion surveys; maxillofacial prosthodontics; oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FACE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; FACE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84898544784     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: 17544505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/scd.12039     Document Type: Article

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