Fatigue in patients with cancer and chronic obstructive airways disease: A phenomenological enquiry

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-53

  Ream, Emma ^a   Richardson, Alison ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive airways disease; Fatigue; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; EMOTIONS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0031066956     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7489(96)00032-6     Document Type: Article

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