Senior peer counseling by telephone for psychosocial support after breast cancer surgery: Effects at six months

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-89

  Crane Okada, Rebecca ^a   Freeman, Evelyn ^b   Kiger, Holly ^c   Ross, Marlena ^b   Elashoff, David ^d   Deacon, Linda ^a   Giuliano, Armando E ^a  

^a JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Peer Counseling Department   (United States)

^c Health Services   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84855485190     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/12.ONF.78-89     Document Type: Article

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