Emotional toil: Psychosocial care in rural settings for patients with cancer

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 663-672

  Kenny, Amanda ^a   Endacott, Ruth ^a,b   Botti, Mari ^c   Watts, Rosemary ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c Epworth/Deakin Nursing Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Empirical research report; Focus groups; Psychosocial nursing; Qualitative approaches; Rural nursing; Support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMOTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMOTIONS; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VICTORIA;

EID: 36549029885     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04453.x     Document Type: Article

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