Anticipating an altered appearance: Women undergoing chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 385-391

  Frith, Hannah ^a   Harcourt, Diana ^b   Fussell, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticipatory coping; Chemotherapy; Control; Hair loss; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONTROL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDUCATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN;

EID: 36549014540     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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