Structured Summary
Abstract
A nursing specialty concerned with the care provided to cancer patients. It includes aspects of family functioning through education of both patient and family.
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Synonyms
7 entry terms
- Cancer Nursing
- Nursing, Oncologic
- Oncologic Nursing
- Oncological Nursing
- Nursing, Cancer
- Nursing, Oncological
- Nursing, Oncology
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Aspects Covered
11 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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Indexing Annotation
use ONCOLOGY NURSING for the nursing specialty; use NEOPLASMS/nurs for the patient
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History Note
85
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Previous Indexing
- Neoplasms/nursing (1975-1984)
- Specialties, Nursing (1971-1984)
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WY 156
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Oncology Nursing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009859. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009859
- Oncology Nursing. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncology_nursing
- Oncology Nursing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1886303