Appraisal of the cancer experience by family members and survivors in long-term survivorship

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 834-845

  Bowman, Karen F ^a   Rose, Julia H ^b   Deimling, Gary T ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer appraisal; Cancer survivors and families; Long term survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748777654     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1039     Document Type: Article

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