Wearing my heart on my chest: Dating, new relationships, and the reconfiguration of self-esteem after breast cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-64

  Kurowecki, Darya ^a,c   Fergus, Karen D ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

breast cancer; cancer; dating; disclosure; oncology; relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MIDDLE AGED; SELF ESTEEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER; DATING; DISCLOSURE; ONCOLOGY; RELATIONSHIPS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84891631583     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3370     Document Type: Article

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