Salvaging their normal lives: A qualitative study of patients with recently diagnosed advanced colorectal cancer

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 719-725

  Houldin, Arlene D ^a,b,c   Lewis, Frances Marcus ^d  

^a School of Nursing   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33746233296     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/06.ONF.719-725     Document Type: Review

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