The hidden suffering among breast cancer patients: A qualitative metasynthesis

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 510-527

  Arman, Maria ^a   Rehnsfeldt, Arne ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lived experience; Review; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; NURSING CARE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NURSING CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0037809519     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732302250721     Document Type: Article

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