Healthcare providers' perspectives of the supportive care needs of women with advanced breast cancer in Ghana.
Background: The study sought to understand the supportive care needs of women with advanced breast cancer from the perspectives of healthcare professionals (HCPs) and key informants of charitable/non-governmental organisations (NGOs), that provide supportive care services to women with advanced brea...
| Published in: | BMC Women's Health Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 1 - 17 |
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BioMed Central
8/18/2022
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