Being a mother with cancer: Achieving a sense of balance in the transition process

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-66

  Elmberger, Eva ^a   Bolund, Christina ^b   Magnusson, Annabella ^b   Lützén, Kim ^a   Andershed, Birgitta ^a,c  

^a Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Interpretive description; Parent; Parental responsibility; Secondary analysis; Transition process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; LYMPHOMA; MORALITY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEOPLASM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PARENTING;

EID: 37849031043     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000305677.90963.67     Document Type: Article

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