How do tangible supports impact the breast cancer experience?

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-32

  Hirschman, Karen B ^a,b,d   Bourjolly, Joretha N ^b,c,d  

^a School of Nursing   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c School of Social Work   (United States)

^d Institute on Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Resources; Role function; Social support

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANECDOTES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 23944520841     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v41n01_02     Document Type: Article

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