Returning to work after cancer: Quantitative studies and prototypical narratives

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-124

  Steiner, John F ^a,b,c   Nowels, Carolyn T ^a   Main, Deborah S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Narrative medicine; Oncology; Qualitative research; Quality of life; Review; Survivorship; Work function

Indexed keywords

CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK CAPACITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; NARRATION; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 76049108939     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1591     Document Type: Review

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