Just go with the flow: A qualitative study of fatigue in biotherapy

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 356-361

  Porock, D ^a   Juenger, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Boone Hospital Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemotherapy; Biotherapy; Content analysis; Fatigue; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; CANCER CENTER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; MELANOMA; NAUSEA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MODIFIERS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 4444319402     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2004.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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