Uncertainty during the transition from cancer patient to survivor

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Garofalo, John P ^a   Choppala, Sheela ^a   Hamann, Heidi A ^b   Gjerde, Jill ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivor; Emotional distress; Quality of life; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MORALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 67651123147     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31819f1aab     Document Type: Article

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