Experiencing breast cancer in managed care

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1477-1488

  Wenzel, Jennifer ^a   Steeves, Richard H ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health care; Hermeneutic phenomenology; Managed care; Users' experiences

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MASTECTOMY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 54049138416     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308325186     Document Type: Article

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