Adolescents' and young adults' experiences of childhood cancer: Descriptions of daily life 5 years after diagnosis

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 400-407

  Doukkali, Eva Berg ^a   Winterling, Jeanette ^a   Eriksson, Lars E ^a   Lampic, Claudia ^a   Hagström, Anneli Silvén ^b   Wettergren, Lena ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Qualitative; Sense of coherence; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TELECONSULTATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883296509     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31829fd80e     Document Type: Article

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