The patient lived experience for surgical treatment of colorectal liver metastases: A phenomenological study

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-73

  McCahill, Laurence E ^a   Hamel Bissell, Brenda P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colorectal cancer; Liver metastases; Surgery; Treatment decision making

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 67749133564     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951509000091     Document Type: Article

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