An exploration of the perceived changes in intimacy of patients' relationships following head and neck cancer

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 17-18, 2012, Pages 2499-2508

  O'Brien, Kathryn ^a   Roe, Brenda ^a   Low, Christopher ^b   Deyn, Lorraine ^b   Rogers, Simon N ^a,b  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Intimacy; Nursing; Psychosocial; Sexuality; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84865290086     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04162.x     Document Type: Article

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