Effects of a nursing intervention on subjective distress, side effects and quality of life of breast cancer patients receiving curative radiation therapy - A randomized study

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 763-770

  Wengström, Yvonne ^a   Häggmark, Caroline ^b   Strander, Hans ^b   Forsberg, Christina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS;

EID: 0032826977     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418699432923     Document Type: Article

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