Oncology healthcare professionals' perspectives on the psychosocial support needs of cancer patients during oncology treatment

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1332-1344

  Aldaz, Bruno E ^a   Treharne, Gareth J ^a   Knight, Robert G ^a   Conner, Tamlin S ^a   Perez, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

cancer treatment; healthcare professionals; oncology; support needs; thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 85028454261     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105315626999     Document Type: Article

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