The lived experience of ovarian cancer: A phenomenological approach

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 595-603

  Guenther, Joanna ^a   Stiles, Anne ^b   Champion, Jane Dimmitt ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Gynecology (GYN); Hermeneutic analysis; Ovarian; Phenomenology; Qualitative analysis; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; OVARY TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866747218     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2012.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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