"Seeing is believing, and believing is seeing": An exploration of the meaning and impact of women's mental images of their breast cancer and their potential origins

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 339-346

  Harrow, Alison ^a   Wells, Mary ^a   Humphris, Gerry ^b   Taylor, Cara ^c   Williams, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS TAYSIDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Communication; Illness experience; Oncology; Visual images

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; METAPHOR; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 53049108153     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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