Meanings of happiness among two ethnic groups living with advanced cancer in south London: A qualitative study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1096-1103

  Koffman, Jonathan ^a   Morgan, Myfanwy ^a   Edmonds, Polly ^a   Speck, Peter ^a   Siegert, Richard ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; ethnicity; Happiness; oncology; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNICITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTEER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BLACK PERSON; CARIBBEAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; INTERVIEW; LOVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CARIBBEAN REGION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84877575837     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3108     Document Type: Article

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