Critical review of psychosocial interventions in cancer care

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 100-113

  Fawzy, Fawzy I ^a,c   Fawzy, Nancy W ^a,b   Arndt, Lisa A ^a   Pasnau, Robert O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0028939247     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1995.03950140018003     Document Type: Review

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