Psychological support for patients having breast cancer surgery

doi:10.1136/bmj.313.7053.360b

From trainee to consultant, BMJ Group offers doctors around the world tailored information, special events, learning resources and recruitment services at every step along their career path.

... by doctors, for doctors, for patients
We are open for entries!

Online learning

BMJ Learning

High-quality CME / CPD for doctors and other healthcare professionals. BMJ Learning features hundreds of accredited, peer-reviewed learning modules in text, video, and audio formats. Find out more

Courses and Qualifications

BMJ Masterclasses

BMJ Masterclasses, led by experts, help clinicians to use the latest evidence and recent guidelines in practice and meet their CPD/CME requirements. Find out more

Exam Preparation

The leading provider of online exam preparation, helping over 167,000 healthcare professionals to pass their exams. Find out more

onExamination

Search all BMJ comment articles:

From

Limit by

Access to the full text of this article requires a subscription or payment. Please log in or subscribe below.

Study had methodological flaws

Karin Friedli,
Michael King

Research fellow Professor University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London NW3 2PF

EDITOR,—June M C McArdle and colleagues' study suggests that support from a breast care nurse can significantly reduce psychological morbidity in women having surgery for breast cancer.1 We wish to draw attention to several methodological points.

The authors state that psychological morbidity is common in women after surgery for breast cancer and that support from a breast care nurse is the most effective intervention in reducing this morbidity. The women randomised to receive support from the breast care …