Breast Cancer Survival: A Phenomenological Inquiry

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 65-74

  Thibodeau, Janice ^a   MacRae, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer survival; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DECISION MAKING; DENIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; NURSING THEORY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031158141     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00012272-199706000-00006     Document Type: Article

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