Living with cancer: Perceptions of well-being

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-115

  Forsberg, Christina ^a   Björvell, Hjördis ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

gastro intestinal cancer; ostomies; sense of coherence; well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROHN DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; WELLBEING;

EID: 0030054364     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1996.tb00320.x     Document Type: Article

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