The psychosocial dimensions of hysterectomy: Private places and the inner spaces of women at midlife

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-226

  Cabness, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hysterectomy; Quality of life; Resilience; Social support; Surgical menopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LITERATURE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77949324775     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380903426798     Document Type: Article

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