Self-care and breast cancer recovery

Cancer Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 339-345

  Seegers, Cathy ^a   Walker, B Lee ^a   Nail, Lillian M ^a   Schwartz, Anna ^b   Mudgett, Lorrie Larsen ^a   Stephen, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Illness management; Recovery; Self care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 0031741963     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.1998.006006339.x     Document Type: Article

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