Stress and situationally related coping in cancer out-patients and their spouses

Stress Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 209-217

  Andersson, Sven Ingmar ^a   Albertsson, Maria ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Coping; Patients; Spouses; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; EMOTION; FAMILY LIFE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE; STRESS; WORK DISABILITY;

EID: 0033924949     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1700(200007)16:4<209::AID-SMI853>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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