Living in a state of suspension - A phenomenological approach to the spouse's experience of oral cancer

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-47

  Röing, Marta ^a,c   Hirsch, Jan Michaél ^a   Holmström, Inger ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication; Lived experience; Multiprofessional care; Oral cancer; Phenomenology; Spouse

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SPOUSE; SWEDEN; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 38949153772     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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