Explaining quality of life with crisis theory

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 419-426

  Sprangers, Mirjam A G ^a   Tempelaar, Reike ^b   Van Den Heuvel, Wim J A ^c   De Haes, Hanneke C J M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Northern Centre of Health Care   (Netherlands)

^c Institute for Rehabiliation and Handicap   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; SELF ESTEEM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IDENTITY CRISIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0036745653     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.601     Document Type: Article

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