Adaptation process and psychosocial resources of Chinese colorectal cancer patients undergoing adjuvant treatment: A qualitative analysis

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 936-944

  Hou, Wai Kai ^a   Lam, Wendy W T ^a,b   Fielding, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cancer trajectory; Chinese; Colorectal cancer; Psychosocial resource changes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY RELATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SELF CARE; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

EID: 70450209539     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1457     Document Type: Article

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