The management of the psychosocial impact of breast cancer.
Breast cancer patients often experience severe psychological and physical distress that challenges their self-esteem. And yet, from a seemingly uncontrollable, frightening, and life-threatening set of circumstances, women can emerge with their self-esteem, though often rearranged and changed, intact and restored. By providing information, resources, and support, NPs can help a breast cancer patient make deposits to her self-esteem accounts: her interpersonal relationships, her body image, her achievements, and her identity, thereby enabling her to manage her illness more effectively.
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D001828:Body Image; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D012649:Self Concept