The fatigue experiences of older Taiwanese women with breast cancer

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 867-875

  Tsai, Sung Ling ^a   Lin, Hung Ru ^b   Chao, Tsu Yi ^c   Lin, Pay Fan ^b  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c National Defense Medical Center and Tri service General Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Fatigue; Nurses; Nursing; Older; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; TAIWAN;

EID: 77955728157     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03064.x     Document Type: Article

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