"Cancer doesn't mean curtains": Benefit finding in patients with head and neck cancer in remission

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 666-682

  Thambyrajah, Chrishanthy ^a   Herold, Jim ^b   Altman, Keith ^b   Llewellyn, Carrie ^a  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

benefit finding; head and neck cancer; positive consequences; positive growth; qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPOWERMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF CONFIDENCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGNOSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 78249233256     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2010.516812     Document Type: Article

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