Rural living as context: A study of disparities in long-term cancer survivors

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Pedro, Leli W ^a   Schmiege, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Care of the medically underserved; Health policy; Quality of life; Rural issues; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORADO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84901018739     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/14.ONF.E211-E219     Document Type: Article

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