Coping with breast cancer: Between diagnosis and surgery

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 149-158

  Drageset, Sigrunn ^a   Lindstrøm, Torill Christine ^a   Underlid, Kjell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Coping; Diagnosis; Healthcare professionals; Interviews; Nurses; Preoperative phase; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 72249087917     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05210.x     Document Type: Article

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