How people construct their experience of living with secondary lymphoedema in the context of their everyday lives in Australia

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 459-466

  Meiklejohn, Judith A ^a   Heesch, Kristiann C ^a   Janda, Monika ^a   Hayes, Sandra C ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Grounded theory; Qualitative research; Quality of life; Secondary lymphoedema; Social constructionism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AUDIO RECORDING; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATION; SECONDARY LYMPHEDEMA; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TELECONSULTATION; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEENSLAND; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84874114968     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1534-4     Document Type: Article

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