The role of disclosure patterns and unsupportive social interactions in the well-being of breast cancer patients

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 96-105

  Figueiredo, Melissa I ^a   Fries, Elizabeth ^a   Ingram, Kathleen M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 1342326773     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.717     Document Type: Article

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