Meanings of the phenomenon of fatigue as narrated by 4 patients with cancer in palliative care

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-243

  Lindqvist, Olav ^a   Widmark, Anders ^b   Rasmussen, Birgit H ^b  

^a Skelleftea Hospital   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dying; Fatigue; Nursing; Palliative care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPREHENSION; DISEASE COURSE; DYING; EXPERIENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LETHALITY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALE; NARRATION; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMANTICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 2942527630     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200405000-00010     Document Type: Article

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