'I'm not complaining because I'm alive': Barriers to the emergence of a discourse of cancer-related fatigue

Psychology and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 141-161

  Pertl, Maria M ^a   Quigley, Jean ^a   Hevey, David ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

cancer; fatigue; illness experience; qualitative research; social support; survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84890428717     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2013.839792     Document Type: Article

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