Experience of fatigue in adolescents living with cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 317-326

  Ream, Emma ^a   Gibson, Faith ^a   Edwards, Jacqueline ^b   Seption, Beth ^c   Mulhall, Anne ^d   Richardson, Alison ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Southampton ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cancer treatment; Fatigue; Quality of life; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER THERAPY; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33746832457     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200607000-00011     Document Type: Article

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