Women's satisfaction with their breast prosthesis: What determines a quality prosthesis?

Evaluation Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-83

  Livingston, Patricia M ^a   White, Victoria M ^a,b   Roberts, Susan B ^a   Pritchard, Emma ^a,c   Hayman, Jane ^a,b   Gibbs, Anne ^a,b   Hill, David J ^a,b  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Ctr for Behav Research in Cancer   (Australia)

^c National Centre for Health Promotion   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast prosthesis; Cost; Quality; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST AUGMENTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST IMPLANTATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; VICTORIA;

EID: 12444292098     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X04269640     Document Type: Article

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