A chance to live: Women's experiences of living with a colostomy after rectal cancer surgery

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 603-608

  Andersson, Gun ^a   Engström, Åsa ^b   Söderberg, Siv ^b  

^a SUNDERBY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colostomy; Experience; Nursing care; Rectal cancer; Thematic content analysis; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECTUM TUMOR;

COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78650160560     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2010.01887.x     Document Type: Article

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