“I didn’t actually know there was such a thing as rehab”: survivor, family, and clinician perceptions of rehabilitation following treatment for head and neck cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1449-1453

  McEwen, Sara ^a,b   Rodriguez, Ana Maria ^c   Martino, Rosemary ^b,d   Poon, Ian ^b,e   Dunphy, Colleen ^b,d   Rios, Jorge Norman ^a   Ringash, Jolie ^b,d  

^a Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Qualitative; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SAMPLE SIZE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84959155932     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-015-3021-1     Document Type: Article

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