Gender disparity in the rate of partner abandonment in patients with serious medical illness

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 5237-5242

  Glantz, Michael J ^a   Chamberlain, Marc C ^b   Liu, Qin ^c   Hsieh, Chung Cheng ^c   Edwards, Keith R ^d   Van Horn, Alixis ^e   Recht, Lawrence ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Southwestern Vermont Medical Center   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cancer; Divorce; Marital status; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL IRRADIATION; SURVIVAL TIME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70449432746     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24577     Document Type: Article

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