Women's experiences with recurrent ovarian cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 10-17

  Howell, Doris ^a   Fitch, Margaret I ^a   Deane, Karen A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ovarian cancer; Quality of life; Recurrent disease; Women's perspectives

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DYING; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY LIFE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSING; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT CANCER; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; ONTARIO; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN;

EID: 0037309460     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200302000-00002     Document Type: Article

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