The lived experience of breast cancer patients and couple distress

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 619-627

  Sprung, Barbara R ^a,b   Janotha, Brenda L ^a   Steckel, Arleen J ^c  

^a Stony Brook Medicine   (United States)

^b PRIVATE PRACTICE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast disease; Cancer; Caregiver; Family; Mental health; Phenomenology; Practitioners; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF HELP; SPOUSE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN;

EID: 80155180630     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2011.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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