Being the next of kin of a person with a low-grade glioma

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 584-591

  Edvardsson, Tanja ^a,b   Ahlström, Gerd ^c  

^a Orebro County Council   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Cancer; Low grade glioma; Next of kin; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; ONSET AGE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; ROLE; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 48249147848     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1276     Document Type: Article

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