A qualitative study of decision-making by breast cancer patients about telling their children about their illness

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 439-447

  Yoshida, Saran ^a   Otani, Hiroyuki ^b   Hirai, Kei ^c   Ogata, Akiko ^d   Mera, Asuka ^e   Okada, Shiho ^e   Oshima, Akira ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Children; Communication; Illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ADOLESCENT; BREAST TUMOR; CHILD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 77952533370     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0682-7     Document Type: Article

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