Knowledge, attitudes, and practice behaviors (KAPb) of nurses and the effectiveness of a training program in psychosocial cancer care

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2049-2056

  Mahendran, Rathi ^a,b   Chua, Joanne ^a   Peh, Chao Xu ^b   Lim, Haikel A ^b   Ang, Emily N K ^b,c   Lim, Siew Eng ^c   Kua, Ee Heok ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; Oncology nursing; Psychosocial care; Training program

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND PRACTICE BEHAVIOR; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING EDUCATION; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ONCOLOGY WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSES; ONCOLOGY NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84905114155     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2172-9     Document Type: Article

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