Uncertainty in illness: An integrative review

Orthopaedic Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 206-214

  Neville, Kathleen L ^a  

^a KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BONE DISEASE; FEAR; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BONE DISEASES; FEAR; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICK ROLE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 0038149457     PISSN: 07446020     EISSN: 1542538X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006416-200305000-00009     Document Type: Article

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