Marital status predicts change in distress and well-being in women newly diagnosed with breast cancer and their peer counselors

Breast Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 481-489

  Wittenberg, Lynne ^a   Yutsis, Maya ^a   Taylor, Sharee ^a   Giese Davis, Janine ^a,b,c   Bliss Isberg, Caroline ^d   Star, Path ^d   Spiegel, David ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Women CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Distress; Marital status; Peer counseling; Peer support

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MASTECTOMY; MENTAL STRESS; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PEER GROUP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RELIGION; SYMPTOM; WELLBEING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77956794757     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2010.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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