Survivors of acute leukaemia and highly malignant lymphoma - Retrospective views of daily life problems during treatment and when in remission

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 68-78

  Persson, Lena ^c   Hallberg, Ingalill Rahm ^a   Ohlsson, Ola ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE DISEASE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA, HIGH-GRADE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030639587     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.1997025068.x     Document Type: Article

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