Cancer Care From the Perspectives of Older Women

Chris Sinding

Jennifer Wiernikowski

Jane Aronson

ONF 2006, 32(6), 1169-1175. DOI: 10.1188/05.ONF.1169-1175

Purpose/Objectives: To understand how older age affects cancer care, from the perspectives of older women.

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