The shifting nature of women's experiences and perceptions of ductal carcinoma in situ

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 856-867

  Kennedy, Fiona ^a,b   Harcourt, Diana ^b   Rumsey, Nichola ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast care nurses; Cancer information; Cancer support; Communication; Ductal carcinoma in situ; Illness; Information

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858277617     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05788.x     Document Type: Article

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