Transcending Breast Cancer: Making Meaning From Diagnosis and Treatment

Journal of Holistic Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 264-283

  Coward, Doris Dickerson ^a   Kahn, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; finding meaning; self transcendence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF HELP; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-HELP GROUPS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEXAS;

EID: 32944478049     PISSN: 08980101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898010105277649     Document Type: Article

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