Psychosocial intervention for women with primary, non-metastatic breast cancer: A comparison between participants and non-participants

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 276-285

  Vos, Petra J ^a   Garssen, Bert ^a   Visser, Adriaan P ^a   Duivenvoorden, Hugo J ^b   De Haes, Hanneke C J M ^c  

^a HELEN DOWLING INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Coping; Psychosocial adjustment; Psychosocial group intervention; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4043128220     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078844     Document Type: Article

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