Personality dispositions of colon cancer patients

Gastrointestinal Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 81-92

  Figer, Arie ^a   Kreitler, Shulamith ^a   Kreitler, Michal M ^a   Inbar, M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitive orientation; Colon cancer; Conflict; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER PATIENT; COGNITION; COLON CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORY;

EID: 0036663910     PISSN: 1475956X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1475956021000015095     Document Type: Conference Paper

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