Using photographs to capture women's experiences of chemotherapy: Reflecting on the method

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1340-1350

  Frith, Hannah ^a   Harcourt, Diana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer; Chemotherapy; General; Interviews; Photography; Psychosocial aspects; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NARRATIVE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 36248950069     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307308949     Document Type: Article

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