Problematic Integration Theory: Implications of Supportive Communication for Breast Cancer Patients

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 402-420

  Repass, Michael ^a   Matusitz, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 77951068873     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330903359326     Document Type: Article

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