Living and dying with metastatic bowel cancer: Serial in-depth interviews with patients

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Carduff, E ^a,b   Kendall, M ^b   Murray, S A ^b  

^a NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bowel cancer; narrative; palliative care; palliative chemotherapy; qualitative longitudinal; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 85040979001     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecc.12653     Document Type: Article

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