Getting sick and getting well: A qualitative study of aetiologic explanations of people with cancer

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 60-67

  Tishelman, Carol ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030639498     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.1997025060.x     Document Type: Article

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