The road to recovery: Experiences and occupational lives of icelandic women with breast cancer

Occupational Therapy in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 319-335

  Palmadottir, Gudrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Breast cancer; Occupational participation; OPHI II

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INTERVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE HISTORY INTERVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 70449510107     PISSN: 07380577     EISSN: 15413098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07380570903242433     Document Type: Article

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