The lived experience of Lebanese oncology patients receiving palliative care

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 309-319

  Doumit, Myrna A A ^a   Abu Saad Huijer, Huda ^a   Kelley, Jane H ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Dependency; Pain; Palliative care; Phenomenology; Qualitative study; Utrecht school

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEBANON; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34548500335     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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