The transition from breast cancer 'patient' to 'survivor'

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-78

  Allen, Jennifer D ^a,b,c   Savadatti, Sanghamitra ^b   Levy, Andrea Gurmankin ^b,c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Psychological adaptation; Social adjustment; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL STRESS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BREAST TUMOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 64249115465     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1380     Document Type: Article

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