A multidimensional measure of religious involvement for cancer patients: The Duke Religious Index

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 102-109

  Sherman, Allen C ^a   Plante, Thomas G ^b   Simonton, Stephanie ^a   Adams, Dawn C ^a   Harbison, Casey ^c   Burris, S Kaay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bone marrow transplantation; Reliability; Religious involvement; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION;

EID: 0034007307     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005200050023     Document Type: Article

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