Everyday struggling to survive: Experiences of the urban poor living with advanced cancer

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1113-1118

  Hughes, Anne ^a,b   Gudmundsdottir, Maria ^b   Davies, Betty ^b  

^a Laguna Honda Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POVERTY; SURVIVORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 38549093138     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/07.ONF.1113-1118     Document Type: Article

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