Breast cancer treatment and work disability: Patient perspectives

Breast

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 534-538

  Tiedtke, Corine ^a   Dierckx de Casterlé, Bernadette ^a   De Rijk, Angelique ^b   Christiaens, Marie Rose ^c   Donceel, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer; Disability; Experiences; Patient perspectives; Qualitative; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATORY GRIEF; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK DISABILITY; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 82955203312     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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