Loss, uncertainty, or acceptance: Subjective experience of changes to fertility after breast cancer

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 514-522

  Perz, J ^a   Ussher, J ^a   Gilbert, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Infertility; Premature menopause; Qualitative; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY MENOPAUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MENOPAUSE, PREMATURE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84902498039     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecc.12165     Document Type: Article

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