"This is a kind of betrayal": A qualitative study of disability after breast cancer

Current Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 26-32

  Thomas MacLean, Roanne ^a   Towers, A ^b   Quinlan, E ^a   Hack, T F ^c   Kwan, W ^d   Miedema, B ^e   Tilley, A ^f   Graham, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d Fraser Valley Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arm morbidity; Breast cancer; Disability; Psychosocial effects; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DISABILITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 70350588869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.v16i3.389     Document Type: Article

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