Nurses in cancer care-coping strategies when encountering existential issues

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-139

  Ekedahl, Marieanne ^a   Wengström, Yvonne ^b  

^a Stockholm School of Theology   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coping; Coping strategies; Existential issues; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNOUT; EMPATHY; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMPATHY; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33645964589     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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