Everyday lives of people with advanced cancer: Activity, time, location, and experience

OTJR Occupation, Participation and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 154-162

  La Cour, Karen ^a   Nordell, Kersti ^d   Josephsson, Staffan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c University College of Southern Denmark   (Denmark)

^d Research and Development in West at Göteborg Region Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Everyday activities; Rhythms of activity; Time use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; LUNG CANCER; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SELF CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 73449096739     PISSN: 15394492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15394492-20090914-03     Document Type: Article

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