Psychosocial intervention for rural women with breast cancer: The Sierra Stanford partnership

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 499-507

  Angell, Karyn L ^a,g   Kreshka, Mary Anne ^b   McCoy, Rebecca ^c   Donnelly, Patricia ^c,d   Turner Cobb, Julie M ^e   Graddy, Kathy ^f   Kraemer, Helena C ^d   Koopman, Cheryl ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b Sierra College   (United States)

^c Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^f Graddy Graphic Design   (United States)

^g OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Coping; Psychosocial; Recruitment; Rural; Traumatic stress; Underserved

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUPPORT GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WORKBOOK JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0042665910     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.20316.x     Document Type: Article

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