How children with cancer communicate and think about symptoms

Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-32

  Vatne, Torun M ^a   Slaugther, Laura ^a,b   Ruland, Cornelia M ^c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Communication; Symptoms; Understanding; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEOPLASM; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 73949152535     PISSN: 10434542     EISSN: 15328457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043454209349358     Document Type: Article

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