'Someone who cares:' A qualitative investigation of cancer patients' experiences of psychotherapy

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 52-65

  MacCormack, Terry ^a   Simonian, Jo ^b   Lim, Jacqueline ^c   Remond, Louise ^d   Roets, Deonette ^e   Dunn, Stewart ^f   Butow, Phyllis ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c General Practitioner in Private Practice   (Australia)

^d Cansurvive Counselling and Psychotherapy   (Australia)

^e Cansurvive Counselling and Psychotherapy   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; METASTASIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC OPINION; RELAXATION TIME; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035137136     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1611(200101/02)10:1<52::AID-PON489>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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