Exploring the patient's experience of a day hospital chemotherapy service: Preliminary fieldwork

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-199

  Mcilfatrick, Sonja ^a   Sullivan, Kate ^a   McKenna, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy treatment; Day hospital; Patients' experience; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIENCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SAMPLING;

EID: 0042329920     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-3889(03)00031-0     Document Type: Article

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