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Descriptor English: Oncology Nursing
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermería Oncológica
Descriptor enfermería oncológica
Scope note: Especialidad de enfermería que se ocupa de la atención que se presta a pacientes afectos de cáncer. Incluye aspectos del funcionamiento familiar por medio de la educación del paciente y de la familia.
Descriptor Portuguese: Enfermagem Oncológica
Descriptor French: Soins infirmiers en oncologie
Entry term(s): Cancer Nursing
Nursing, Cancer
Nursing, Oncologic
Nursing, Oncological
Nursing, Oncology
Oncologic Nursing
Oncological Nursing
Tree number(s): H02.478.676.605
N02.421.533.600
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009859
Scope note: A nursing specialty concerned with the care provided to cancer patients. It includes aspects of family functioning through education of both patient and family.
Annotation: use ONCOLOGY NURSING for the nursing specialty; use NEOPLASMS/nurs for the patient
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Neoplasms/nursing (1975-1984)
Specialties, Nursing (1971-1984)
Public MeSH Note: 85
History Note: 85
DeCS ID: 10042
Unique ID: D009859
NLM Classification: WY 156
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1985/01/01
Date of Entry: 1984/04/11
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Oncology Nursing - Preferred
Concept UI M0015302
Scope note A nursing specialty concerned with the care provided to cancer patients. It includes aspects of family functioning through education of both patient and family.
Preferred term Oncology Nursing
Entry term(s) Cancer Nursing
Nursing, Cancer
Nursing, Oncologic
Nursing, Oncological
Nursing, Oncology
Oncologic Nursing
Oncological Nursing



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