Living with breast cancer: The experiences and meaning-making among women in Southern Thailand

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 371-380

  Liamputtong, P ^a   Suwankhong, D ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b THAKSIN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Karma; Lived experience; Meaning making discourse; Qualitative research; Religion; Thai women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; THAILAND;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY; THAILAND;

EID: 84928197882     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecc.12321     Document Type: Article

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