'You're putting thoughts into my head': A qualitative study of the readiness of patients with breast, lung or prostate cancer to address emotional needs through the first 18 months after diagnosis

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1402-1410

  Baker, Paul ^a   Beesley, Helen ^b   Dinwoodie, Robert ^a   Fletcher, Ian ^c   Ablett, Jan ^b   Holcombe, Christopher ^b   Salmon, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; emotional distress; oncology; patient information; qualitative

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL NEEDS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONAL NEEDS; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878779594     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3156     Document Type: Article

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