Quality of life among women after surgery for ovarian cancer

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-247

  Schulman Green, Dena ^a   Ercolano, Elizabeth ^a   Dowd, Michael ^a   Schwartz, Peter ^b   McCorkle, Ruth ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Distress; Gynecological surgery; Ovarian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; OVARY TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 48549105874     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951508000497     Document Type: Article

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