Storytelling: A strategy for living and coping with cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-5

  Chelf, Jane Harper ^a   Deshler, Amy M B ^a   Hillman, Shauna ^a   Durazo Arvizu, Ramon ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic Cancer Center ^*

Author keywords

Coping; Hope; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033956031     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200002000-00001     Document Type: Article

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