Quality of life in breast cancer survivors as identified by focus groups

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-23

  Ferrell, Betty R ^a   Grant, Marcia M ^a   Funk, Brandi ^a   Otis Green, Shirley ^a   Garcia, Nellie ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MOOD; PAIN; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030960494     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199703)6:1<13::AID-PON231>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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