Considering the patient-partner relationship in cancer care: Coping strategies for couples

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-72

  Morgan, Mary Ann ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUALITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 70349229659     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/09.CJON.65-72     Document Type: Article

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