Stress and nursing care needs of women with breast cancer during primary treatment: A qualitative study

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-16

  Remmers, Hartmut ^a   Holtgräwe, Martina ^a   Pinkert, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Needs; Nursing; Person's perspective; Qualitative; Strains

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MASTECTOMY; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM STAGING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 76849095844     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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