"I'm 100% for it! I'm a convert!": Women's experiences of a yoga programme during treatment for gynaecological cancer; an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-62

  Archer, S ^a   Phillips, E ^b   Montague, J ^b   Bali, A ^c   Sowter, H ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gynaecological cancer; Patient experience; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED KINGDOM; YOGA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; YOGA;

EID: 84921785644     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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