Technological preferences of aging cancer patients for delivery services and devices to solve drug-related problems in oncology

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2733-2740

  Yap, Kevin Yi Lwern ^a   Chia, Yvonne ^a   Low, Xiu Hui ^a   Chan, Alexandre ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Delivery services; Devices; Drug education; Drug related problems; Elderly cancer patients; Technological preferences

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PREFERENCE;

EID: 84930516631     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2266-4     Document Type: Article

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