Problem-solving skills and emotional distress in spouses of men with prostate cancer

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 150-154

  Malcarne, Vanessa L ^a   Banthia, Rajni ^a   Varni, James W ^a   Sadler, Georgia Robins ^a   Greenbergs, Helen L ^a   Ko, Celine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036738289     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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