Left hanging in the air: Experiences of living with cancer as expressed through e-mail communications with oncology nurses

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-116

  Grimsbø, Gro Hjelmeland ^a,b   Finset, Arnstein ^c   Ruland, Cornelia M ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; E health; Online support; Patient provider communication

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; E-MAIL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; METASTASIS; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ONCOLOGY NURSE; ONLINE PATIENT NURSE COMMUNICATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEB BROWSER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79952311476     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181eff008     Document Type: Article

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