The challenge of being diagnosed and treated for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-111

  Kennedy, Fiona ^a   Harcourt, Diana ^a   Rumsey, Nichola ^a  

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

Author keywords

DCIS; Ductal carcinoma in situ; Illness perception; Qualitative; Support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CONFLICT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY; WOMEN;

EID: 43049167126     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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