The experience of young adult cancer patients described through online narratives

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 377-384

  Kim, Bora ^a   Gillham, David Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer experience; Internet; Online communication; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; DATA ANALYSIS; GUILT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LENGTH OF STAY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BLOGGING; BODY IMAGE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GRIEF; GUILT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NARRATION; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883272707     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e318291b4e9     Document Type: Article

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