Three months in the symptom life of a teenage girl undergoing treatment for cancer

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 294-310

  Docherty, Sharron L ^a,d   Sandelowski, Margarete ^b   Preisser, John S ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Childhood cancer; Symptom distress

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METABOLISM; NAUSEA; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ANXIETY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERVIEWS; NAUSEA; PAIN; SALIVA; VOMITING;

EID: 33748100115     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20143     Document Type: Article

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