Surgical facial cancer treatment: The silencing of disfigurement in nurse-patient interactions

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2409-2418

  Konradsen, Hanne ^a,b   Kirkevold, Marit ^b,c   Zoffmann, Vibeke ^d  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer; Disfigurement; Grounded theory; Interviews; Nurse patient interaction; Nursing; Theory development

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EYE TUMOR; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; EYE NEOPLASMS; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 70349880833     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05102.x     Document Type: Article

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