The perception of support received from breast care nurses by depressed patients following a diagnosis of breast cancer

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-45

  Clark, Louise ^a   Holcombe, Christopher ^b   Hill, Jonathan ^c   Downey, Hilary ^b   Fisher, Jean ^b   Krespi, Margorit Rita ^d   Salmon, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Psychology Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast care nurses; Depression; Support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; NURSE; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF NURSING CARE; RATING SCALE; SURGEON;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 58349118264     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588409X359006     Document Type: Article

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