Health promotion and empowerment from the perspective of individuals living with head and neck cancer

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-34

  Björklund, Margereth ^a,b   Sarvimäki, Anneli ^b,c   Berg, Agneta ^a,d  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c Age Institute   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Head and neck cancer; Health promotion; Nursing; Person's perspective; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEISURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 39149135524     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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