Living with breast cancer, a Lebanese experience

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-48

  Doumit, Myrna A A ^a   El Saghir, Naji ^a   Abu Saad Huijer, Huda ^a   Kelley, Jane H ^a   Nassar, Nada ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; In depth interviews; Nursing; Qualitative; Utrecht School; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEBANON; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEBANON; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 76849083923     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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