The existence and importance of patients’ mental images of their head and neck cancer: A qualitative study

Heidi Lang; Emma F. France; Brian Williams; Gerry Humphris; Mary Wells

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209215

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The existence and importance of patients’ mental images of their head and neck cancer: A qualitative study

Heidi Lang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Heidi Lang, Emma F. France, Brian Williams, Gerry Humphris, Mary Wells

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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Emma F. France ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Heidi Lang, Emma F. France, Brian Williams, Gerry Humphris, Mary Wells

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: emma.france@stir.ac.uk

Affiliation Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0876-7030

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Brian Williams ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Heidi Lang, Emma F. France, Brian Williams, Gerry Humphris, Mary Wells

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: School of Health and Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Affiliation Social Dimensions of Health Institute, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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Gerry Humphris ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Heidi Lang, Emma F. France, Brian Williams, Gerry Humphris, Mary Wells

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4601-8834

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Mary Wells

Contributed equally to this work with: Heidi Lang, Emma F. France, Brian Williams, Gerry Humphris, Mary Wells

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Nursing Directorate, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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The existence and importance of patients’ mental images of their head and neck cancer: A qualitative study

Heidi Lang,
Emma F. France,
Brian Williams,
Gerry Humphris,
Mary Wells

Published: December 31, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209215

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