Participant perceptions of a mindful movement program for older women with breast cancer: Focus group results

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Crane Okada, Rebecca ^a   Kiger, Holly ^b   Anderson, Nancy L R ^c   Carroll Johnson, Rose Mary ^a   Sugerman, Fred ^d   Shapiro, Shauna L ^e   Wyman Mcginty, Wendy ^f  

^a Division of Nursing Research and Education   (United States)

^b WISE and Healthy Aging   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine Dance ^*  (United States)

^e SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dance movement therapy; Mindfulness; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOVEMENT THERAPY; MUSIC THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; MOVEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84860323068     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31822539c5     Document Type: Article

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