Satisfaction with information and unmet information needs in men and women with cancer

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 62-70

  Faller, Hermann ^a   Koch, Uwe ^b   Brähler, Elmar ^c,d   Härter, Martin ^b   Keller, Monika ^e   Schulz, Holger ^b   Wegscheider, Karl ^b   Weis, Joachim ^f   Boehncke, Anna ^f   Hund, Bianca ^g,h   Reuter, Katrin ^h   Richard, Matthias ^a   Sehner, Susanne ^b   Szalai, Carina ^c,i   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^j   Mehnert, Anja ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^g Rhein Jura Klinik   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ Psychosocial Counselling Center for Cancer Patients   (Germany)

^j DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer; Depression; Information; Needs; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84953639219     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-015-0451-1     Document Type: Article

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