An avalanche of ignoring-A qualitative study of health care avoidance in women with malignant breast cancer wounds

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 277-285

  Lund Nielsen, Betina ^a   Midtgaard, Julie ^a   Rørth, Mikael ^a   Gottrup, Finn ^b   Adamsen, Lis ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer wounds; Caregiver burden; Health care avoidance; in oncology; Interview; Malignant wounds; Phenomenology; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVOIDANCE; HUMAN; LIFE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79959636901     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3182025020     Document Type: Article

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