Meeting reality: Young adult cancer survivors' experiences of reentering everyday life after cancer treatment

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Hauken, May Aasebø ^a,b   Larsen, Torill Marie Bogsnes ^b   Holsen, Ingrid ^b  

^a Red Cross Haugland Rehabilitation Center   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer survivorship; Late effects; Psychosocial issues; Qualitative research; Unmet needs; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION; SELF ESTEEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883275734     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e318278d4fc     Document Type: Article

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