Embodied suffering: Experiences of fear in adolescent girls with cancer

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-143

  Carlsson, Agneta Anderzén ^a   Kihlgren, Annica ^a   Sørlie, Venke ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cancer; Narrative; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROL; EXISTENTIALISM; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; EXISTENTIALISM; FEAR; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NARRATION; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 50349084497     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493508088550     Document Type: Article

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