The psychological responses of outpatient breast cancer patients before and during first medical consultation

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-314

  Okazaki, Shigemi ^a,b   Iwamitsu, Yumi ^a   Masaru, Kuranami ^a   Todoroki, Keiko ^a   Suzuki, Shimako ^a   Yamamoto, Kenji ^a   Hagino, Masashi ^a   Watanabe, Masahiko ^a   Miyaoka, Hitoshi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Higashiyamato Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Medical consultation; Oncology; Psychological responses; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 73449133432     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S147895150999023X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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