Understanding distress and distressing experiences in patients living with multiple myeloma: An exploratory study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-134

  Potrata, Barbara ^a   Cavet, Jim ^b   Blair, Susan ^b   Howe, Tracy ^b   Molassiotis, Alex ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

culture; multiple myeloma; stem cell transplant; symptom distress; symptom experience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SYMPTOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79251575907     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1715     Document Type: Article

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