The Experience of Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer—A Review of the Literature

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 514-542

  Willis, Karen ^a   Lewis, Sophie ^a   Ng, Fiona ^a   Wilson, Leigh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84929029887     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2014.896364     Document Type: Review

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