Cancer patients psychological adjustment and perception of illness: Cultural differences between Belgium and Turkey

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 455-461

  Erbil, P ^a   Razavi, D ^b   Farvacques, C ^c   Bilge, N ^d   Paesmans, M ^a   Van Houtte, P ^a  

^a JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c CAM   (Belgium)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cultural influences; Denial; Psychosocial; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 0030278931     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01880644     Document Type: Article

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