Husbands' perceptions of wives' adjustment to breast cancer: The impact on wives' mood

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-243

  Romero, Catherine ^a,b   Lindsay, Julie E ^a   Dalton, William T ^a   Nelson, David V ^c   Friedman, Lois C ^a,d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Breast cancer; Coping; Couples; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIED WOMAN; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPOUSES;

EID: 40949142858     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1224     Document Type: Article

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