Life, illness and death-Existential reflections of a Swedish sample of patients who have undergone curative treatment for breast or prostatic cancer

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 169-176

  Westman, B ^a   Bergenmar, M ^b   Andersson, L ^c  

^a Department of Oncology and Haematology   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Existential issues; Hermeneutic method; Meaning of life; Nursing; Prostate cancer; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; EXISTENTIALISM; FEAR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; EXISTENTIALISM; FEAR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745945122     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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