Dyspnea experience and management strategies in patients with lung cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 709-715

  Henoch, Ingela ^a,b   Bergman, Bengt ^a   Danielson, Ella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dyspnea; Existential; Experience; Lung cancer; Management strategies; Qualitative content analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANIC; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SICK ROLE; SWEDEN;

EID: 48449084960     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1304     Document Type: Article

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