Do cancer patients always want to talk about difficult emotions? A qualitative study of cancer inpatients communication needs

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 320-327

  Kvåle, Kirsti ^a  

^a Institute for Postgraduate Studies   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication needs; Coping; Giorgi's phenomenology; Hope; Meaning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; DENIAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COMMUNICATION; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 34548525689     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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