Transition from patient to survivor in African American breast cancer survivors

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 16-22

  Mollica, Michelle ^a,b   Nemeth, Lynne ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Breast cancer; Cancer survivor; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANTICIPATORY GUIDANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; COMPLICATION; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84918551717     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000120     Document Type: Article

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