Influence of oncology nurses’ empathy on lung cancer patients’ cellular immunity

Psychology Research and Behavior Management

Volumn 11, Issue , 2018, Pages 279-287

  Yang, Ningxi ^a   Xiao, Han ^a   Cao, Yingnan ^b   Li, Shiyue ^a   Yan, Hong ^a   Wang, Yifang ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jishuitan Orthopaedic College of Tsinghua University   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Cellular immunity; Empathy; Lung cancer; Narrative medicine; Nurse

Indexed keywords

EID: 85059041689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PRBM.S168649     Document Type: Article

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