Implications of living with a strong family history of breast cancer

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-112

  Maheu, Christine ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Family history; Interpretive description; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CANADA; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PEDIGREE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PEDIGREE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE;

EID: 68149147489     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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