The minimization to clients of screen-detected breast cancer: A qualitative analysis

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 306-313

  Farmer, Alison J ^a  

^a Wessex Cancer Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast care nurse; Breast screening; Diagnosis; Information; Mammography; Reassurance; Surgeons

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0034133447     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01296.x     Document Type: Article

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