Spouses' Perceptions of and Reactions to Living with a Partner Who has Undergone Surgery for Rectal Cancer Resulting in a Stoma

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-90

  Persson, Eva ^a   Severinsson, Elisabeth ^b   Hellström, Anna Lena ^c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colostomy; Focus groups; Rectal cancer; Spouses

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CANCER PATIENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; SOCIAL LIFE; SPOUSE; STOMA;

EID: 0742304564     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200401000-00011     Document Type: Review

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