External mirroring of inner chaos: Blogging as experienced by the relatives of people with cancer

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-23

  Andersson, Maria ^a   Gustafsson, Elisabeth ^b   Hansson, Kristina ^b   Karlsson, Margareta ^c  

^a UDDEVALLA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Jönköping municipality   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Content analysis; Experiences; Palliative care; Relative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874588845     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2013.19.1.16     Document Type: Article

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