Cancer and Employment Issues: Perspectives from Cancer Patient Navigators

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 460-466

  Vanderpool, Robin C ^a   Nichols, Helen ^b   Hoffler, Elizabeth F ^b   Swanberg, Jennifer E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivorship; Employment conflicts; Patient navigators; Training needs and resources

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CANCER SURVIVORS; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT NAVIGATION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949487797     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-015-0956-3     Document Type: Article

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