Quality of life for women living with a gynecologic cancer

Nursing Science Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-155

  Pilkington, F Beryl ^a   Mitchell, Gail J ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gynecologic cancer; Human becoming theory; Lived experience; Parse; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; LOVE; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GOALS; GRIEF; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOVE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 1942445306     PISSN: 08943184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894318404263302     Document Type: Article

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