Patients' experiences with cancer-related fatigue: A review and Synthesis of qualitative research

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Scott, Jane A ^a   Lasch, Kathryn E ^b   Barsevick, Andrea M ^c   Piault Louis, Elisabeth ^b  

^a MAPI VALUES   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Mapi Values ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

FATIGUE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 79955588727     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/11.ONF.E191-E203     Document Type: Article

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