The role of religious and spiritual beliefs in coping with malignant melanoma

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-26

  Holland, Jimmie C ^a   Passik, Steven ^a   Kash, Kathryn M ^a,b,c   Russak, Simcha M ^a   Gronert, Melissa K ^a   Sison, Antonio ^a   Lederberg, Marguerite ^a   Fox, Bernard ^d   Baider, Lea ^e  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b STRANG CANCER PREVENTION CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032971021     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199901/02)8:1<14::AID-PON321>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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