Lived experiences and challenges of older surgical patients during hospitalization for cancer: An ethnographic fieldwork

This paper explores the lived experiences of older surgical patients’ (aged 74 years and older) experienced challenges during a brief admission to hospital. Age, gender, polypharmacy, and the severity of illness are also factors known to affect the hospitalization process. For an ethnographic study...

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Main Authors: Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt, Mette Terp Høybye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-02-01
Series:International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being
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Online Access:http://www.ijqhw.net/index.php/qhw/article/download/22810/32348