The meaning of quality of life and the effects of unrelated donor bone marrow transplants for chronic myeloid leukemia in adult long-term survivors

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-211

  Molassiotis, Alexander ^a,c   Morris, Peter John ^b  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Quality of life; Unrelated donors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0031833548     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-199806000-00008     Document Type: Article

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