Women's experience of internal radiation treatment for uterine cervical cancer

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 154-161

  So, Winnie Kwok Wei ^a   Chui, Ying Yu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; Experience; Internal radiation treatment; Phenomenology; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548680293     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04387.x     Document Type: Article

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