Life beyond cancer: Women's experiences 5-years after treatment for gynaecological cancer

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 799-807

  Sekse, Ragnhild Johanne Tveit ^a,b   Raaheim, Maalfrid ^b   Blaaka, Gunnhild ^b   Gjengedal, Eva ^b,c  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Follow up; Gynaecological cancer; Lived experience; Long term survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVORS;

EID: 78349303042     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2010.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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