Anxiety Attacks Following Surgical Menopause: A Case Report

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 236-240

  Chung Park, Min ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Androstenedione; Anxiety disorder; Bipolar affective disorder; Estrogen replacement therapy; Quality of life; Salpingo oophorectomy; Surgical menopause; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CASE REPORT; EARLY MENOPAUSE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; OVARIECTOMY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STANDARD; TIME;

ANXIETY; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MENOPAUSE, PREMATURE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; OVARIECTOMY; PATIENT EDUCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644677941     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200509000-00011     Document Type: Article

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