Relaxation and imagery for anxiety and depression control in community patients with advanced cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 432-435

  Sloman, Rod ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer; Depression; Guided imagery; Progressive muscle relaxation; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0036895999     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200212000-00005     Document Type: Article

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