Group psychotherapy for women with breast cancer;Gruppenpsychotherapie für brustkrebspatientinnen

Psychotherapeut

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 314-330

  Leszcz, Molyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Gains in adaptation; Group therapy; Psychological concerns

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; METASTASIS; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY;

EID: 5444233536     PISSN: 09356185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00278-004-0394-x     Document Type: Review

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