Core concerns of couples living with early stage breast cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1055-1064

  Shands, Mary Ellen ^a   Lewis, Frances Marcus ^a,b   Sinsheimer, Janet ^a   Cochrane, Barbara B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer; Children; Couples; Family; Marital tension; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODING; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; STRESS; THREAT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 33846012174     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1036     Document Type: Article

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