Psychosocial perspectives of the partners of breast cancer patients treated with a mastectomy: An analysis of personal narratives

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 318-325

  Hoga, Luiza Akiko Komura ^a   Mello, Débora S ^a   Dias, Aretuzza F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mastectomy; Men; Nursing care; Qualitative research; Womens health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BREAST TUMOR; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 56049102862     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000305748.43367.1b     Document Type: Article

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