Cancer support services: Are they meeting the needs of rural radiotherapy patients?

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Cancer support services: Are they meeting the needs of rural radiotherapy patients?

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd This paper examines the supportive care in place to meet the needs of patients receiving radiotherapy at a regional oncology service in Bunbury, Western Australia. Semi-structured in-depth interviews with 21 service providers and 17 adults diagnosed with cancer who...

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Main Authors:	Haigh, M., Baxi, S., Lyford, M., Cheetham, Shelley, Thompson, S.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2018
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71039

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