Breast cancer survivors' intentions of managing lymphedema

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 446-457

  Fu, Mei R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Experience; Lymphedema; Management; Phenomenology; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TAXONOMY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; BREAST TUMOR; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33644874284     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200511000-00007     Document Type: Article

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