A qualitative exploration of the use of calendar landmarking instruments in cancer symptom research

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mills, Katie ^a   Emery, Jon ^c   Cheung, Camilla ^a   Hall, Nicola ^b   Birt, Linda ^a   Walter, Fiona M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calendar; Cancer; Landmarks; Recall; Retrospective; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECALL; SELF REPORT; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CUES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84942430132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-014-0167-8     Document Type: Article

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