Abducted by the illness: A qualitative study of traumatic stress in individuals with acute leukemia

Leukemia Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 496-502

  Nissim, Rinat ^a   Zimmermann, Camilla ^a,b   Minden, Mark ^a,b   Rydall, Anne ^a   Yuen, Dora ^a   Mischitelle, Ashley ^a   Gagliese, Lucia ^a,c   Schimmer, Aaron ^a,b   Rodin, Gary ^a,d  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Grounded theory study; Traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANADA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REASSURANCE; TRUST;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84875911693     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: 18735835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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