Head and neck cancer patients want us to support them psychologically in the posttreatment period: Survey results

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 481-493

  Henry, Melissa ^a,b   Habib, Laura Anne ^a   Morrison, Matthew ^a   Yang, Ji Wei ^a   Li, Xuejiao Joanna ^a   Lin, Shiru ^a   Zeitouni, Anthony ^a,c   Payne, Richard ^a,b,c   Macdonald, Christina ^a,b   Mlynarek, Alexander ^a,b   Kost, Karen ^a,c   Black, Martin ^a,b   Hier, Michael ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Outpatient; Posttreatment; Psychological; Supportive care needs

Indexed keywords

CANADA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CANADA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 84919389006     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951513000771     Document Type: Review

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