Receiving bad news: A phenomenological exploration of the lived experience of receiving a cancer diagnosis

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Tobin, Gerard A ^a   Begley, Cecily ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bad news; Bad news trajectory; Cancer diagnosis; Cancer trajectory; Lived experience; Oncology nursing; Palliative care; Suspected knowing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NARRATIVE; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECIPIENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149355940     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000305767.42475.7a     Document Type: Article

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