Cancer patients' needs during hospitalisation: a quantitative and qualitative study
Authors:
- Marcello TamburiniMTMarcello Tamburini
- Laura GangeriLGLaura Gangeri
- Cinzia BrunelliCBCinzia Brunelli
- Paolo BoeriPBPaolo Boeri
- Claudia BorreaniCBClaudia Borreani
- Marco BosisioMBMarco Bosisio
- Claude Fusco KarmannCKClaude Fusco Karmann
- Margherita GrecoMGMargherita Greco
- Guido MiccinesiGMGuido Miccinesi
- Luciana MurruLMLuciana Murru
- Patrizia TrimignoPTPatrizia Trimigno
Open Access
- 23 April 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Cancer
- Vol. 3 (1) , 12
Abstract
The evaluation of cancer patients needs, especially during that delicate period when they are hospitalized, allows the identification of those areas of care that require to be improved. Aims of the study were to evaluate the needs in cancer inpatients and to improve the understanding of the meanings of the needs expressed. The study was conducted during aKeywords
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