The Ostomy Life Study: The everyday challenges faced by people living with a stoma in a snapshot

Gastrointestinal Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 18-25

  Claessens, Ineke ^a   Probert, Rosalind ^b   Tielemans, Chantal ^c   Steen, Anne ^d   Nilsson, Caroline ^d   Andersen, Birgitte Dissing ^e   Størling, Zenia M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Coloplast ^*  (Denmark)

^e GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

International perspectives; Life experiences; Ostomy; Quality of life; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938062951     PISSN: 14795248     EISSN: 20522835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/gasn.2015.13.5.18     Document Type: Article

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