Promoting physical exercise in breast cancer care
Marilyn Kirshbaum Lecturer, University of Sheffield, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
This article is intended to promote awareness of physical exercise as a safe, advantageous and feasible intervention for a patient with breast cancer or recovering from it. The numerous and varied benefits of exercise and the implications for nursing practice in light of current research evidence are discussed.
Nursing Standard.
19, 41, 41-48.
doi: 10.7748/ns2005.06.19.41.41.c3895
Correspondence
m.kirshbaum@sheffield.ac.uk
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