A substantive theory of quality of life of adults with chronic leukaemia

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-16

  Berterö, Carina ^a   Eriksson, Bengt Erik ^b   Ek, Anna Christina ^c  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic leukaemia; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEUKEMIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0031067018     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7489(96)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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