Perceptions of Chinese cancer patients of the favorable and unfavorable words conveyed by their social support providers

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 348-354

  Liu, Jun E ^a   Mok, Esther ^b   Wong, Thomas ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Favorable words; Qualitative approach; Social support; Unfavorable words; Verbal communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER PATIENT; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALE; NEGATIVISM; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 25844502488     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200509000-00003     Document Type: Article

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