The impact of changes in employment status on psychosocial well-being: A study of breast cancer survivors

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Mahar, Kathleen Kearney ^a   Brintzenhofeszoc, Karlynn ^b   Shields, Joseph J ^b  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer survivors; Employment status; Psychosocial well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL FUNCTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING; WORK; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; EMPLOYMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65749128097     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347330802115400     Document Type: Review

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