Open AccessAssessment of Information Needs of Patients with Breast Cancer: A Hospital-Based Study in Sri Lanka
Author(s) -
Chandrani Kuruppu,
Chandrika N. Wijeyaratne,
Nalika Gunawardane,
Indrani Amarasinghe
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asia-pacific journal of oncology nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2349-6673
pISSN - 2347-5625
DOI - 10.4103/apjon.apjon_23_20
Subject(s) - information needs , sri lanka , psychosocial , medicine , needs assessment , family medicine , breast cancer , outpatient clinic , service (business) , cancer , gerontology , nursing , psychiatry , socioeconomics , business , library science , marketing , sociology , computer science , social science , tanzania
This study assessed the information needs of breast cancer (BC) patients who presented themselves to the outpatient clinics or wards of the National Cancer Institute, Maharagama, Sri Lanka.