Evaluation of the needs and concerns of partners of women at high risk of developing breast/ovarian cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 96-108

  Mireskandari, Shab ^a,b   Meiser, Bettina ^b,c   Sherman, Kerry ^a   Warner, Beverley J ^b   Andrews, Lesley ^b   Tucker, Katherine M ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Cancer; Coping; Decision making; Hereditary breast ovarian cancer; Oncology; Partners

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 32544459732     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.925     Document Type: Article

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