Social perceptions of cancer and their impacts: Implications for nursing practice arising from the literature

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 740-749

  Flanagan, Jean ^a   Holmes, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avoidance behaviour; Cancer attitudes; Patient family relations; Social support; Stigma and nursing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEAR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FAMILY; FEAR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NEOPLASMS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0034268151     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01535.x     Document Type: Article

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