Integrity in patients' stories: 'Meaning-making' through narrative in supportive cancer care

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Evans, Maggie ^a   Shaw, Ali ^a   Sharp, Debbie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Holistic assessment; Patient narratives; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CONFLICT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LACRIMAL GLAND; LIVER SARCOMA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

EID: 84857633167     PISSN: 18763820     EISSN: 18763839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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