Positive and negative consequences with regard to cancer during adolescence. Experiences two years after diagnosis

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1003-1009

  Mattsson, Elisabet ^a,b   Ringner A ^a   Ljungman, G ^c   von Essen, L ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cancer; Negative; Oncology; Positive

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; BODY BUILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYMENT; FACIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TELEPHONE; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; WEAKNESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 36049017298     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1162     Document Type: Article

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