Cancer survivorship and identity among long-term survivors

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 758-765

  Deimling, Gary T ^a   Bowman, Karen F ^a   Wagner, Louis J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivorship; Identity; Long term survivorship

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH; OPTIMISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SELF CONCEPT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 36849087372     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07357900600896323     Document Type: Review

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