An exploratory qualitative analysis of the emotional impact of breast cancer and caregiving among older women

Care Management Journals

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 191-197

  Parrish, Monique M ^a   Adams, Sara ^b  

^a LifeCourse Care   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12344284713     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/cmaj.4.4.191.63689     Document Type: Article

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