What is it like living with the diagnosis of cancer?

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-153

  Saegrov S ^a   Halding, A G ^a  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coping; Crisis; Diagnosis of cancer; Hope; Stress

Indexed keywords

CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 2442553636     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2004.00442.x     Document Type: Review

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