Understanding the breast cancer experience of women: A qualitative study of African American, Asian American, Latina and Caucasian cancer survivors

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 408-428

  Ashing Giwa, Kimlin Tam ^a,b   Padilla, Geraldine ^c   Tejero, Judith ^a   Kraemer, Janet ^d   Wright, Karen ^e   Coscarelli, Anne ^f   Clayton, Sheila ^g   Williams, Imani ^g   Hills, Dawn ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Wellness Community Foothills   (United States)

^e Queen of Angels Hospital   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g KING DREW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL CARE; METASTASIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVORS;

EID: 3042682710     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.750     Document Type: Article

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