Exploring common meanings of social support as experienced by Jordanian women with breast cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 353-361

  Alqaissi, Nesreen M ^a,b,c   Dickerson, Suzanne S ^c,d  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Culture; Interpretive phenomenology; Jordan; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JORDAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ISLAM; JORDAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955229995     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181d55d33     Document Type: Article

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