A grounded theory exploration of the first visit to a cancer clinic - Strategies for achieving acceptance

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 248-257

  Jakobsson, Sofie ^a,b   Horvath, Gyorgy ^a,b   Ahlberg, Karin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Cancer patients; Experience; Grounded theory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SWEDEN;

EID: 23844460893     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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