Therapy with women with metastatic breast cancer

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-53

  Beacham, Bronwen ^a,d   Hill, Christine ^a,d   McDermott, Fiona ^b,d   O'Brien, Mary ^a,d   Turner, Jane ^c  

^a University of Melbourne ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Australian Assoc Grp Psychother   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MORPHINE;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; METASTASIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUPPORT GROUP; TEAMWORK;

EID: 17144386223     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2004.02149.x     Document Type: Article

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