Helping Her Heal-Group: A pilot study to evaluate a group delivered educational intervention for male spouses of women with breast cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2102-2109

  Jones, Jennifer M ^a   Lewis, Frances Marcus ^b   Griffith, Kristin ^b   Cheng, Terry ^a   Secord, Scott ^a   Walton, Tara ^a   Bernstein, Lori J ^a   Maheu, Christine ^a   Catton, Pamela ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; communication skills training; educational counselling; group intervention; spouse adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SKILL; SPOUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST CANCER; COMMUNICATION SKILLS TRAINING; EDUCATIONAL COUNSELLING; GROUP INTERVENTION; SPOUSE ADJUSTMENT;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883142565     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3263     Document Type: Article

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