'Being in the same boat': Ethnographic insights into an adolescent cancer unit

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 847-857

  Kelly, Daniel ^a   Pearce, Susie ^b   Mulhall, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Ashmanaugh   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent cancer; Cancer service development; Embodiment; Ethnography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MORALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 5144225188     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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