Promoting psychological well-being in the face of serious illness: When theory, research and practice inform each other

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-19

  Folkman, Susan ^a,c   Greer, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b St Raphael's Hospice   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0033965829     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(200001/02)9:1<11::AID-PON424>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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