Living with secondary breast cancer: Coping with an uncertain future with unmet needs

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 561-563

  Johnston, S R D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping; Metastatic breast cancer; Nursing; Uncertainty; Unmet needs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BREAST TUMOR; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77955718717     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2010.01216.x     Document Type: Editorial

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