Brain Tumor Symptoms as Antecedents to Uncertainty: An Integrative Review

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-155

  Cahill, Jennifer ^a   Lobiondo Wood, Geri ^a   Bergstrom, Nancy ^a   Armstrong, Terri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Metastatic brain tumors; Primary brain tumors; Symptoms; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; FATIGUE; HUMAN; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNCERTAINTY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FATIGUE; HUMANS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84861652551     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2012.01445.x     Document Type: Article

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