Strategies used by breast cancer survivors to address work-related limitations during and after treatment

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Sandberg, Joanne C ^a   Strom, Carla ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; JOB ADAPTATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REMINDER SYSTEM; RETURN TO WORK; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETURN TO WORK; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84895793809     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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