Open AccessSocial support and quality of life in a group of cancer patients (Ankara, Turkey)*
Author(s) -
Mustafa Yılmaz,
Birgül Piyal,
Recep Akdur
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-1508-42
Subject(s) - social support , medicine , turkish , quality of life (healthcare) , affect (linguistics) , perception , scale (ratio) , gerontology , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychology , nursing , linguistics , philosophy , physics , communication , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
Cancer has become an important public health challenge all around the world. Though the demographic and clinical features of cancer patients are well documented in Turkey, the establishment of social support networks has been somewhat neglected. The aim of the study was to assess cancer patients' perceived social support and quality of life characteristics.
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