When the risks are high: Psychological adjustment among melanoma survivors at high risk of developing new primary disease

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1102-1113

  McLoone, Jordana ^a   Watts, Kaaren ^a   Menzies, Scott ^b   Meiser, Bettina ^a   Butow, Phyllis ^b   Kasparian, Nadine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer, psychosocial aspects; Cancer, screening and prevention; Coping and adaptation; Interviews, semistructured; Risk, perceptions; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84863678496     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732312448542     Document Type: Article

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