Surviving the wait: Defining support while awaiting breast cancer surgery

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1468-1479

  Dickerson, Suzanne S ^a   Alqaissi, Nesreen ^b   Underhill, Meghan ^a   Lally, Robin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Narrative; Nursing; Phenomenology research report; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CHILD; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 79958694194     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05612.x     Document Type: Article

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