Invisibility: The lived experience of women with cancer of the vulva

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 382-389

  Jefferies, Hilary ^a   Clifford, Collette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer of the vulva; Lived experience; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VULVA CANCER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84865794564     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31823335a1     Document Type: Article

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