Recurrence of ovarian cancer - Living in limbo

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 270-277

  Ekwall, Ewa ^a,b,d   Ternestedt, Britt Marie ^b,c   Sorbe, Bengt ^a,b  

^a University Hospital   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Loneliness and alienation; Phenomenology; Recurrent ovarian cancer; Responsibility; Women's perspective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIFE; ONCOLOGY NURSING; OVARY CANCER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SWEDEN; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 34547563866     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000281729.10362.3a     Document Type: Article

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