The meaning of 'not giving in': Lived experiences among women with breast cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-11

  Jensen, Kirsten Pryds ^a   Bäck Pettersson, Siv ^a   Segesten, Kerstin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Facing death; Human development; Patients' perspective; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343851733     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200002000-00002     Document Type: Article

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