Psychosocial problems and needs of posttreatment patients with breast cancer and their relatives

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 260-266

  Schmid Büchi, Silvia ^a   Halfens, Ruud J G ^b   Dassen, Theo ^c   van den Borne, Bart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Breast cancer; Cancer; Couple; Depression; Distress; Family; Need; Psychosocial; Relative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79956356410     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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