What’s in a name: friend or foe? Coping strategies used by stoma patients (2018)

Type of publication:
Journal article

Author(s):
*Powell, Julie

Citation:
British Journal of Nursing; Mar 2018; vol. 27 (no. 5) S22

Abstract:
The article examines how stoma patients chose to name their stoma and discusses how this can inform medical professionals' understanding of patient experiences. It provides examples of patients who named stoma after common first names or after television characters and explores the success of such coping strategies.

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