Surviving breast cancer: Women's experiences with their changed bodies

Body Image

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 344-351

  Brunet, Jennifer ^a   Sabiston, Catherine M ^b   Burke, Shaunna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body image; Breast cancer; Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA); Psychosocial issues; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST TUMOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVIVOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84878614406     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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