Coping with cancer: Examining the supports available to women with gynecologic cancer at saskatoon cancer center

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 174-179

  Smith, Sarah N ^a   Chizen, Donna ^a   Agrawal, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coping mechanisms; Female genital neoplasm; Social supports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; ONCOLOGIST; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; VULVA CANCER; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPLICATION; COUNSELING; ETIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84928031829     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0000000000000322     Document Type: Article

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