A review of couple-based interventions for enhancing women's sexual adjustment and body image after cancer

Cancer Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-56

  Scott, Jennifer L ^a   Kayser, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Psychosocial interventions; Sexual adjustment; Women's cancers

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MARITAL THERAPY; MOOD; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SEX THERAPY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

EID: 61449142780     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PPO.0b013e31819585df     Document Type: Article

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