The changed meaning of food: Physical, social and emotional loss for patients having received radiation treatment for head and neck cancer

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-151

  McQuestion, Maurene ^a   Fitch, Margaret ^b   Howell, Doris ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eating; Head neck cancer; Meaning of food; Qualitative research; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CANADA; EATING; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOTHERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; APPETITE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EATING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; ONTARIO; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79952533679     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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