Cancer patient and clinician acceptability and feasibility of a supportive care screening and referral process

Health Expectations

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 406-418

  Ristevski, Eli ^a   Regan, Melanie ^a,b   Jones, Rebecca ^a,c   Breen, Sibilah ^b   Batson, Angela ^d   Mcgrail, Matthew R ^e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LATROBE REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Loddon Mallee Integrated Cancer Service   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health professional; Implementation; Patient; Regional; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84928762435     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hex.12045     Document Type: Article

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