Purpose/Objectives: To describe breast cancer treatment choices from the perspectives of Latina and African American breast cancer survivors. Design: An interdisciplinary team conducted a mixed-methodsstudy of women treated for stages I-IV breast cancer. Setting: Participants' homes in metropolitan...

Purpose/Objectives: To describe the experience of viewing oneself in a mirror following a mastectomy. Research Approach: Ricoeur's hermeneutic phenomenology. Setting: Three hospitals in a nonprofit healthcare system in the southwestern United States. Participants: Purposive sample of 12 women 3-12...

Purpose/Objectives: To determine readmission rates post-pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), readmission reasons following PD, and patients' postoperative education prior to discharge. Design: Retrospective, descriptive study of established medical records of patients who have undergone PD from 2006-2008...

Purpose/Objectives: To provide a preliminary determination of the prevalence rate of women who suffer from neuropathic pain post breast surgery (PPBS) and explore potential risk factors associated with its development. Design: Prospective, quantitative, longitudinal survey. Setting: Breast health...