Reliability and validity of the Norwegian version of the Nowotny Hope Scale: A nursing tool for measuring hope in cancer patients

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-41

  Rustøen, Tone ^a   Moum, Torbjørn ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Hope; Measurement; Nowotny Hope Scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CARE AND CARING; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0030995530     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1997.tb00428.x     Document Type: Article

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