Experiences of patients with laryngectomies as they reintegrate into their community

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 489-498

  Dooks, Penny ^a   McQuestion, Maurene ^b   Goldstein, David ^c   Molassiotis, Alex ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping; Interpretive description; Laryngectomy; Qualitative research; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHONIA; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; LIFE STRESS; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LARYNGECTOMY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SPEECH DISORDERS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84857646984     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1101-4     Document Type: Article

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