Social adjustment among Chinese women following breast cancer surgery

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1189-1198

  Lam, Wendy W T ^a   Chan, Miranda ^b   Wai, Ka Hung ^b   Or, Amy ^b   Fielding, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chinese; Self image; Social adjustment; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CHINESE; CHINESE SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT SCALE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL STRESS; OPTIMISM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PHYSICAL STRESS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 70449647051     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1403     Document Type: Article

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