Power relations in patient's experiences of suffering during treatment for cancer

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 271-279

  Saarnio, Lotta ^a   Arman, Maria ^a   Ekstrand, Per ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Hermeneutic; Nursing; Patients with cancer; Power relations; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN;

EID: 84855750378     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05731.x     Document Type: Article

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