The meaning of breast cancer

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-35

  Wallberg, Birgitta ^a   Michelson, Helena ^a   Nystedt, Marianne ^a   Bolund, Christina ^a   Degner, Lesley ^b   Wilking, Nils ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS;

BREAST CANCER;

MEDICAL EDUCATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037228388     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0891060310002203     Document Type: Article

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