The salience of cancer and the “survivor” identity for people who have completed acute cancer treatment: a qualitative study

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 457-466

  Smith, Katherine Clegg ^a   Klassen, Ann C ^b   Coa, Kisha I ^a   Hannum, Susan M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Identity; Phenomenology; Qualitative methods; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84944691710     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-015-0489-0     Document Type: Article

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