Benefits from an uncertainty management intervention for African-American and Caucasian older long-term breast cancer survivors

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 962-978

  Mishel, Merle H ^a   Germino, Barbara B ^a   Gil, Karen M ^b   Belyea, Michael ^a   Laney, Iris Carlton ^a   Stewart, Janet ^c   Porter, Laura ^d   Clayton, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Intervention; Minority; Survivors; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNICATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 28244455851     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.909     Document Type: Article

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