The quality and coping patterns of women's decision-making regarding breast cancer surgery

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 252-262

  Reaby, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0031804636     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199805/06)7:3<252::AID-PON309>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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