Spiritual well-being and demands of illness in people with colorectal cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 134-140

  Fernsler, Jayne I ^a   Klemm, Paula ^a   Miller, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Coping; Demands of illness; Spiritual well being; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHRISTIAN; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION;

EID: 0032791242     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-199904000-00005     Document Type: Article

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