Supporter or obstructer; experiences from contact person activities among Swedish women with breast cancer

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Carlsson, Christina ^a,b   Nilbert, Mef ^a   Nilsson, Kerstin ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF HELP; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUPPORT GROUP; SWEDEN; AUDIOVISUAL AID; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; SELF CARE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 14544288677     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-9     Document Type: Article

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