The Insider and Outsider Perspective : Clinical importance of agreement between patients and nurses in cancer care concerning patients’ emotional distress, coping resources and quality of life

Background: It is a well-known phenomenon that nurses and other oncology staff have a tendency to ascribe patients with cancer more problems and suffering than the patients themselves report. Aim: The overall aim of the present thesis was therefore to gain increased knowledge and understanding of di...

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Main Author: Mårtensson, Gunilla
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Vårdvetenskap 2009
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