Reactions to gastrointestinal cancer - Variation in mental adjustment and emotional well-being over time in patients with different prognoses

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 413-423

  Nordin, Karin ^a,b   Glimelius, Bengt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031727634     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(1998090)7:5<413::AID-PON318>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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