Department of Surgery, Roskilde and Koege Hospitals, Roskilde, Koege, Denmark
Research Unit of Nursing, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Research Unit of Nursing, Institute of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Thomsen, T. , Hansen, S. and Wagner, L. (2012) Prioritising, downplaying and self-preservation: Processes significant to coping in advanced cancer patients.
Open Journal of Nursing,
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