The experience of fatigue for people living with hepatitis C

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 244-252

  Glacken, Michèle ^a,d   Coates, Vivien ^b   Kernohan, George ^b   Hegarty, John ^c  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d Lucan Co   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Grounded theory; Hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICISM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; THEORY;

EID: 0141919553     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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