BREAST CANCER IN WOMEN: THE EFFECT ON THE FAMILY

Course overview

Breast cancer (BC) is increasingly perceived as a family’s shared experience because the psychological health and roles of all family members are often significantly affected by the patient’s experience. This continuing education module is designed to give the reader/learner an increased understanding of the effect on the family of BC in women including the impact on relationships, related risk factors, demographic information, and outcome data and to aid in caring for the patient with this diagnosis. Readers may explore any or all of the topics. One contact hour of continuing education credit is available for those who successfully complete the post-test and evaluation form.