The psychosocial concerns and needs of women recently diagnosed with breast cancer: A qualitative study of patient, nurse and volunteer perspectives

Health Expectations

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-342

  Beatty, Lisa ^a   Oxlad, Melissa ^b   Koczwara, Bogda ^c   Wade, Tracey D ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Focus group; Oncology; Patient needs; Psychosocial concerns

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; EMOTION; EXPECTATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERVIEW; INTROSPECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NURSE; ONCOLOGY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAMPLING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR; VOLUNTEER; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AWARENESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM STAGING; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SURVIVORS;

EID: 56849133574     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2008.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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