The ovarian cancer journey of families the first postdiagnostic year

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 232-242

  Koldjeski, Dixie ^a,c   Kirkpatrick, Mary K ^a   Everett, Lou ^a   Brown, Sylvia ^a   Swanson, Melvin ^a,b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Familial professional relationships; Family cancer care; Ovarian cancer journey; Response patterns

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FAMILY COUNSELING; FRIEND; HUMAN; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NURSING; OPTIMISM; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAREGIVERS; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34347208352     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000270710.64790.d3     Document Type: Article

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