The lived experience of adult survivors of childhood cancer

Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 143-151

  Prouty, Diana ^a,d   Ward Smith, Peggy ^b   Hutto, C J ^c  

^a St Luke's College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Phenomenology; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFTERCARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFTERCARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33645982588     PISSN: 10434542     EISSN: 15328457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043454206287295     Document Type: Review

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