Optimism and coping styles: A comparison of candidates for liver transplantation with candidates for lung transplantation

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 299-303

  Stilley, Carol S ^a   Miller, David J ^b   Manzetti, Jan D ^c   Marino, Ignazio R ^c   Keenan, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Liver transplantation; Lung transplantation; Optimism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0032702590     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012347     Document Type: Article

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