A bump in the road-older women's views on surviving breast cancer

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-82

  Loerzel, Victoria Wochna ^a   Aroian, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; grounded theory; older women; survivorship

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84872434328     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2012.741093     Document Type: Article

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