Men's experiences of their partner's primary and recurrent breast cancer

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 42-48

  Foy, Sharon ^a,b   Rose, Karen ^c  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer recurrence; Husband; Partner; Relationship; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347748153     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ejon.2000.0127     Document Type: Article

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