Coping with new treatments for cancer: A feasibility study of daily diary measures

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-19

  Sherliker, Louise ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Mental adjustment; Mood; Phase I trials; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOOD; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; COMMUNICATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; WRITING;

EID: 0034001433     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(99)00047-6     Document Type: Article

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