An embedded decisional model of stress and coping: Implications for exploring treatment decision making by women with breast cancer

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1321-1331

  Balneaves, Lynda G ^a   Long, Bonita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Decision making; Stress and coping; Theory development; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BREAST TUMOR; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033258063     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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