Expectations for the recovery period after cancer treatment - A qualitative study

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 585-593

  Winterling, Jeanette ^a   Sidenvall, B ^b   Glimelius, B ^c,d   Nordin, K ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Expectations; Phenomenography; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ANXIETY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 70350509833     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2008.00933.x     Document Type: Article

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