Challenges of illness in metastatic breast cancer: A low-income African American perspective

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-152

  Rosenzweig, Margaret Quinn ^a   Wiehagen, Theresa ^a   Brufsky, Adam ^b   Arnold, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Informal carers; Threats to caring

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE CARE; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 68949189356     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951509000194     Document Type: Article

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