Recovering at home: Participating in a fast-track colon cancer surgery programme

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-173

  Norlyk, Annelise ^a   Harder, Ingegerd ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Early discharge; Fast track programme; Patient's experience; Phenomenology; Postoperative recovery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLON TUMOR; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONVALESCENCE; DENMARK; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SELF CARE;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DENMARK; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SELF CARE;

EID: 79955878986     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2011.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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