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- Title
Marital Quality and Survivorship: Slowed Recovery for Breast Cancer Patients in Distressed Relationships.
- Authors
Hae-Chung Yang; Schuler, Tammy A.
- Abstract
The article presents a study on the quality of marriage and survivorship among breast cancer patients. The study highlights the possible marital distressed and difficulties experienced by patients who were diagnosed to a breast cancer. It specifically examines the health and marital behavior of patients after diagnosis and surgery of breast cancer. Findings show that marital distress was linked with slower recovery trajectories and poor outcomes for breast cancer patients.
- Subjects
HEALTH of cancer patients; BREAST cancer; MARRIAGE &; psychology; CANCER research; MEDICAL research
- Publication
Cancer (0008543X), 2009, Vol 115, Issue 1, p217
- ISSN
0008-543X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cncr.23964