Postmenopausal women with breast cancer: Their experiences of the chemotherapy treatment period

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-42

  Browall, Maria ^a   Gaston Johansson, Fannie ^a,b   Danielson, Ella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chemotherapy treatment; Content analysis; Daily life; Experience; Postmenopausal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ALOPECIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEAR; GRIEF; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ALOPECIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; EMPATHY; FEAR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NEGATIVISM; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 33646090846     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200601000-00006     Document Type: Article

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