Husbands' perspective of living with wives' ovarian cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1225-1231

  Ponto, Julie Ann ^a   Barton, Debra ^b  

^a WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Husbands; Oncology; Ovarian cancer; Qualitative research; Spouses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FAMILY; FAMILY THEORY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; ORGANIZATION; OVARY CANCER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 58049100242     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1351     Document Type: Article

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