The influence of childhood abuse and adult attachment style on clinical relationships in breast cancer care

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 579-586

  Clark, Louise ^a   Beesley, Helen ^a   Holcombe, Christopher ^a   Salmon, Peter ^b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Childhood abuse; Doctor patient relationship

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SURGEON; WIDE EXCISION;

ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 82855165090     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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