Women's lived experience of breast biopsy: A phenomenological study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 512-520

  O'Mahony, Mairin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Breast biopsy; Breast cancer; Lived experience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; DENIAL; EMOTION; EXISTENTIALISM; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATHOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; EXISTENTIALISM; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN;

EID: 0035412084     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2001.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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