Restoring a sense of wellness following colorectal cancer: A grounded theory

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1134-1144

  Beech, Nicola ^a   Arber, Anne ^b   Faithfull, Sara ^b  

^a St Catherine's Hospice   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Grounded theory; Nursing; Recovery; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONVALESCENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PAIN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84858860314     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05820.x     Document Type: Article

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