Breast cancer in the context of intimate partner violence: A qualitative study

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 686-692

  Sawin, Erika Metzler ^a   Laughon, Kathryn ^a   Parker, Barbara J ^a   Steeves, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPOUSE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES;

EID: 85047700194     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/09.ONF.686-692     Document Type: Article

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