"motherhood" in the context of living with breast cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-163

  Fisher, Colleen ^a   O'Connor, Moira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Identity reconstruction; Motherhood; Qualitative; Young women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LITERATURE; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84857920160     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31821cadde     Document Type: Article

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