Using expressive writing to explore thoughts and beliefs about cancer and treatment among Chinese American immigrant breast cancer survivors

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1371-1374

  Lu, Qian ^a   Yeung, Nelson C Y ^a   You, Jin ^b   Dai, Jiajie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

beliefs; breast cancer; Chinese American; expressive writing; qualitative

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; LUMPECTOMY; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF DISCLOSURE; THINKING; WRITING SYSTEM;

EID: 84945573788     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3991     Document Type: Editorial

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