What are cancer survivors' needs and how well are they being met?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2014, Pages E7-E16

  Geller, Berta M ^a,b   Vacek, Pamela M ^a   Flynn, Brian S ^a   Lord, Kelly ^b   Cranmer, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Vermont Cancer Survivor Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; STRESS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH LITERACY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT NAVIGATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS; VERMONT;

EID: 84907538693     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: 15337294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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