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Coping in the role as next of kin of a person with a brain tumour: a qualitative metasynthesis.

Anette Windsland LienGudrun Elin Rohde
Published in: BMJ open (2022)
Next of kin of patients with brain tumours used coping factors and coping strategies gathered within themselves and in their surroundings to handle the situation and their role. It is important that healthcare professionals suggest and facilitate these coping factors and strategies because this may reduce stress and make the role of next of kin more manageable.
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