Stress and coping strategies of patients with cancer: A Korean study

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 425-431

  Kim, Hee Seung ^a   Yeom, Hye A ^b   Seo, Young Sun ^c,d   Kim, Nam Cho ^a   Yoo, Yang Suk ^a  

^a Seoul Metropolitan Government Seobuk Hospital   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^d Box SON ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Coping; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; STRESS;

EID: 0036894485     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200212000-00004     Document Type: Article

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