Coping with radiation therapy: Effects of a nursing intervention on coping ability for women with breast cancer

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

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

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Coping; Nursing care intervention

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; SELF CARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0035262160     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-172x.2001.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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