Immediate breast reconstruction and psychological adjustment in women who have undergone surgery for breast cancer: A preliminary study

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 441-452

  Holly, P ^a   Kennedy, Paul ^b   Taylor, A ^b   Beedie, A ^b  

^a Littlemore Mental Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0142122293     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354850310001604586     Document Type: Article

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