Improving patient access to healthcare professionals: A prospective audit evaluating the role of e-mail communication for patients with lung cancer

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 350-354

  Moore, Sally ^a   Sherwin, Amanda ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E mail communication; Lung cancer; Nurse specialist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; DATA ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG CANCER; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER LITERACY; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FAMILY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 8744270222     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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