Social context and outcomes for the ageing breast cancer patient: Considerations for clinical practitioners

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 3 A, 2004, Pages 11-21

  Ballantyne, Peri J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Ageing; Cancer nursing; Older person breast cancer; Social context; Women

Indexed keywords

BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 1842506291     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.00921.x     Document Type: Review

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