Spiritual conflicts associated with praying about cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 386-394

  Taylor, Elizabeth Johnston ^a   Outlaw, Frieda Hopkins ^b   Bernardo, Therese R ^a   Roy, Angeli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Nursing ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROL; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; RELIGION; SELF DISCLOSURE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 0032741620     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199909/10)8:5<386::AID-PON407>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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