title: Colorectal cancer: a nurse puts a patient perspective.
abstract: Following last week's article on colorectal cancer this is a health visitor's reflective view of her experience coping with the diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer while being the main carrier for her elderly mother.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sneddon
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*