The importance of relationships in the experience of cancer: A re-working of the policy ideal of the whole-systems approach

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-28

  Illingworth, Nicola ^a   Forbat, Liz ^a   Hubbard, Gill ^a   Kearney, Nora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interpersonal relationship; Joint ownership of cancer; Whole systems working

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF HELP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 76849100359     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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