Treatment for acute leukaemia: Elderly patients' lived experiences

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-57

  Meenaghan, Teresa ^a   Dowling, Maura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acute care; Cancer; Chemotherapy; Elderly patients; Leukaemia; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77949897798     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2010.19.1.45912     Document Type: Article

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