Impact of cancer on quality of life: a partner's perspective.
The author, himself a psychologist, describes the personal and marital effects of his wife's 9 1/2 year struggle with breast cancer. Remissions, CRs, and PRs can be summarized in neat little tables. The effects of cancer on quality of life - not only of the patient but also the family - are not so easily described and categorized.
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California School of Professional Psychology, Organizational Psychology Program, Los Angeles.
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011788:Quality of Life