Transitions, decisions, and regret: Order in chaos after a cancer diagnosis

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 222-235

  Drevdahl, Denise J ^a   Dorcy, Kathleen Shannon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; chaos transitions; decision making; regret; stem cell transplant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864831984     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0b013e318261a7a7     Document Type: Article

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