Psychological response to long term group therapy: A randomized trial with metastatic breast cancer patients

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-91

  Edmonds, Claire V I ^a   Lockwood, Gina A ^b   Cunningham, Alastair J ^b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033043908     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199901/02)8:1<74::AID-PON339>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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