Sources of uncertainty in cancer survivorship

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 431-440

  Miller, Laura E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic uncertainty; Communication; Couples; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870370569     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-012-0229-7     Document Type: Article

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