A different way of being: Adolescents' experiences with cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-15

  Woodgate, Roberta Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer experience in adolescents; Sense of self; Symptoms; The lived body; Way of being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MEDICINE; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 13844296421     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200501000-00002     Document Type: Article

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