Relationship and distress in relatives of breast cancer patients

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 198-212

  Zapka, Jane ^a   Fisher, Gene ^b   Lemon, Stephenie ^c   Clemow, Lynn ^e   Fletcher, Kenneth ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Preventive and Behavioral Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Distress; FDR; Relatives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY COPING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT COUNSELING; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; WELLBEING;

EID: 33747443936     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1091-7527.24.2.198     Document Type: Article

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