The burden of the 'RA RA' positive: Survivors' and hospice patients' reflections on maintaining a positive attitude to serious illness

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-33

  McGrath, Pam ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Haematology; Hospice; Positive outlook; Spirituality; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM TUMOR; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COST OF ILLNESS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 1642512348     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-003-0547-4     Document Type: Article

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