Facing mortality: A qualitative in-depth interview study on illness perception, lay theories and coping strategies of adult patients with acute leukemia 1 week after diagnosis

Leukemia Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1127-1134

  Koenigsmann, Michael ^a   Koehler, Katharina ^b   Regner, Andreas ^a   Franke, Astrid ^a   Frommer, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute leukaemia; Coping strategies; Illness perception; Lay theories; Qualitative research; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; INJURY; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEORY; THREAT; TRAINING; TRUST; VERBALIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33745851117     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2005.12.016     Document Type: Article

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