Protocol for a longitudinal qualitative interview study: Maintaining psychological well-being in advanced cancer-what canwe learn frompatients' and carers' own coping strategies?

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1-5

  Roberts, Diane ^a   Appleton, Lynda ^b   Calman, Lynn ^a   Large, Paul ^b   Grande, Gunn ^a   Lloyd Williams, Mari ^c   Walshe, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84880401793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003046     Document Type: Article

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