[Problems of strain and coping of breast cancer patients--demands on nursing concepts of care].
Over the last decades the number of breast cancer patients has dramatically increased. Attention has been drawn especially in research literature in the field of psychological medicine to the patients ' severe problems of strain and coping. In comparison to that, at least German intervention research in nursing science has to make up for lost time. This essay is, above all, a report on research literature. It summarizes study findings concerning emotional and physical problems associated with the disease and treatment for breast cancer. They result in a need for nursing care and support. Some practical conclusions for the nursing profession will be drawn in order to evolve comprehensive concepts of care both at a cognitive-emotional and tactile level of perception.
Remmers
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Institut für angewandte Pflegeforschung, Universität Bremen. remmers@uos.de
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D013315:Stress, Psychological