The "patient Patient": The trauma of waiting and the power of resistance for people living with cancer

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1062-1075

  Mulcahy, Caitlin M ^a   Parry, Diana C ^a   Glover, Troy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

cancer; communication; doctor patient; health care; lived experience; patient participation; power

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF HELP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF-HELP GROUPS; SINGLE-PAYER SYSTEM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954906087     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310369139     Document Type: Article

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