Patients' experiences of living beyond colorectal cancer: A qualitative study

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 610-617

  Appleton, Lynda ^a   Goodlad, Sue ^b   Irvine, Fiona ^c   Poole, Helen ^b   Wall, Christine ^b  

^a CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Nursing; Phenomenology; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NURSING; PATHOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SURVIVOR; SURVIVORSHIP; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

COLORECTAL CANCER; NURSING; PHENOMENOLOGY; SURVIVORSHIP;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84883820799     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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