Employment and breast cancer: A meta-ethnography

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 708-719

  Banning, M ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Employer comprehension; Oncology; Physical symptoms; Return to work; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BREAST TUMOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SURVIVOR; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 80054123448     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2011.01291.x     Document Type: Review

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