A randomized, wait-list controlled clinical trial: The effect of a mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction program on mood and symptoms of stress in cancer outpatients

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 613-622

  Speca, Michael ^a,b   Carlson, Linda E ^a   Goodey, Eileen ^a   Angen, Maureen ^a,c  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Intervention; Meditation; Mindfulness; Mood; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033807530     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200009000-00004     Document Type: Article

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