Quality of life and coping styles in Chinese nasopharyngeal cancer patients after hospitalization

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-186

  He, Guoping ^a   Liu, Shan ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Nursing care; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINESE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION INJURY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

EID: 19544370882     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200505000-00003     Document Type: Article

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