Quality of life and experience of care in women with metastatic breast cancer: A cross-sectional survey

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 747-758

  Reed, Elizabeth ^a   Simmonds, Peter ^b   Haviland, Joanne ^c   Corner, Jessica ^d  

^a Breast Cancer Care   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

experience of care; Metastatic breast cancer; quality of life; symptom burden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84859217735     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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