Living with a malignant musculoskeletal tumor: Experiences of family caregivers

Orthopaedic Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 86-91

  Demiralp, Meral ^a   Hatipoglu, Sevgi ^a   Iyigun, Emine ^a   Demiralp, Bahtiyar ^a   Cicek, Engin Ilker ^b   Basbozkurt, Mustafa ^b  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Erzurum Military Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TUMOR; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE NEOPLASMS; RELIGION; TURKEY;

EID: 77950206123     PISSN: 07446020     EISSN: 1542538X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NOR.0b013e3181d24384     Document Type: Article

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