Survived but feeling vulnerable and insecure: A qualitative study of the mental preparation for RTW after breast cancer treatment

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Tiedtke, Corine ^a   De Rijk, Angelique ^b   Donceel, Peter ^a   Christiaens, Marie Rose ^a   De Casterlé, Bernadette Dierckx ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast Cancer; Interaction; Mental preparation; Qualitative; Return to Work (RTW); Social environment; Vulnerability; Work incapacity

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETURN TO WORK; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVOR; UNCERTAINTY; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BELGIUM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETURN TO WORK; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVORS; UNCERTAINTY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84866262392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-538     Document Type: Article

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