Being given a cancer diagnosis in old age: A phenomenological study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 393-405

  Esbensen, Bente Appel ^a,b   Swane, Christine E ^c   Hallberg, Ingalill Rahm ^a,d   Thome, Bibbi ^a,e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Elderly; Giorgi; Lived experience; Nursing care; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CONTROL; DENMARK; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DENMARK; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38749119337     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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